instituo

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ statuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈsti.tu.oː/, [ĩːˈstɪ.tʊ.oː]

Verb

īnstituō (present infinitive īnstituere, perfect active īnstituī, supine īnstitūtum); third conjugation

1. I set up, establish, found or institute
2. I make (something) a habit, practice, or custom
3. I build

Inflection

Conjugation of instituo (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnstituō	īnstituis	īnstituit	īnstituimus	īnstituitis	īnstituunt
	imperfect	īnstituēbam	īnstituēbās	īnstituēbat	īnstituēbāmus	īnstituēbātis	īnstituēbant
	future	īnstituam	īnstituēs	īnstituet	īnstituēmus	īnstituētis	īnstituent
	perfect	īnstituī	īnstituistī	īnstituit	īnstituimus	īnstituistis	īnstituērunt, īnstituēre
	pluperfect	īnstitueram	īnstituerās	īnstituerat	īnstituerāmus	īnstituerātis	īnstituerant
	future perfect	īnstituerō	īnstitueris	īnstituerit	īnstituerimus	īnstitueritis	īnstituerint
passive	present	īnstituor	īnstitueris, īnstituere	īnstituitur	īnstituimur	īnstituiminī	īnstituuntur
	imperfect	īnstituēbar	īnstituēbāris, īnstituēbāre	īnstituēbātur	īnstituēbāmur	īnstituēbāminī	īnstituēbantur
	future	īnstituar	īnstituēris, īnstituēre	īnstituētur	īnstituēmur	īnstituēminī	īnstituentur
	perfect	īnstitūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnstitūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnstitūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnstituam	īnstituās	īnstituat	īnstituāmus	īnstituātis	īnstituant
	imperfect	īnstituerem	īnstituerēs	īnstitueret	īnstituerēmus	īnstituerētis	īnstituerent
	perfect	īnstituerim	īnstituerīs	īnstituerit	īnstituerīmus	īnstituerītis	īnstituerint
	pluperfect	īnstituissem	īnstituissēs	īnstituisset	īnstituissēmus	īnstituissētis	īnstituissent
passive	present	īnstituar	īnstituāris, īnstituāre	īnstituātur	īnstituāmur	īnstituāminī	īnstituantur
	imperfect	īnstituerer	īnstituerēris, īnstituerēre	īnstituerētur	īnstituerēmur	īnstituerēminī	īnstituerentur
	perfect	īnstitūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnstitūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnstitue	—	—	īnstituite	—
	future	—	īnstituitō	īnstituitō	—	īnstituitōte	īnstituuntō
passive	present	—	īnstituere	—	—	īnstituiminī	—
	future	—	īnstituitor	īnstituitor	—	—	īnstituuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnstituere	īnstituisse	īnstitūtūrus esse	īnstituī	īnstitūtus esse	īnstitūtum īrī
participles		īnstituēns	—	īnstitūtūrus	—	īnstitūtus	īnstituendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		īnstituere	īnstituendī	īnstituendō	īnstituendum	īnstitūtum	īnstitūtū

Derived terms

• īnstitutiō
• īnstitūtor
• īnstitūtus

Descendants

• English: institute
• French: instituer
• Italian: istituire
• Portuguese: instituir
• Spanish: instituir

References

• instituo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• instituo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “instituo” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to teach a person refinement: aliquem ad humanitatem informare or instituere
    
  • to receive instruction from some one: institui or erudiri ab aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
    
  • to introduce a new religion, a new cult: novas religiones instituere
    
  • to enter into conversation with some one: sermonem conferre, instituere, ordiri cum aliquo
    
  • to raise towers: turres instituere, exstruere
    
  • to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere
    
  • (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain true to one's principles: institutum tenere
    

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Portuguese

Verb

instituo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instituir