instituo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s

Proto-Italic *status

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Italic *statujō

Proto-Italic *statuō

Latin statuō

Latin īnstituō

From in- + statuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈstɪ.tu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈstiː.tu.o]

Verb

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

1. to set up, establish, found, institute or arrange
2. to train, teach, instruct, educate (usually by a course of training)
3. to make (something) a habit, practice, or custom
4. to build, construct
5. to appoint (typically, a guardian or heir)

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, assignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, impertiō, elēgō, lēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, addīcō

6. to begin, undertake, purpose, determine (typically, some purpose, plan or project)

   Delectum tota provincia habere instituit ― He decided to have a levy throughout the province (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 1)

   oppugnare instituit idque biduo circumvallavit ― He determined to attack and draw a line of circumvallation around it in two days (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnstituō (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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		īnstituere			īnstituī			īnstituēns			—
future		īnstitūtūrum esse			īnstitūtum īrī			īnstitūtūrus			īnstituendus
perfect		īnstituisse			īnstitūtum esse			—			īnstitūtus
future perfect		—			īnstitūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		īnstitūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		īnstituendī		īnstituendō		īnstituendum		īnstituendō		īnstitūtum		īnstitūtū

Derived terms

• īnstitutiō
• īnstitūtor
• īnstitūtus

Descendants

• Catalan: instituir
• English: institute
• French: instituer
• Galician: instituír
• Italian: istituire
• Portuguese: instituir
• Romanian: institui
• Sicilian: stituiri, istituiri
• 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• 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
    

Portuguese

Verb

instituo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instituir