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instituo

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ statuō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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 instituitHe decided to have a levy throughout the province (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 1)
    oppugnare instituit idque biduo circumvallavitHe determined to attack and draw a line of circumvallation around it in two days (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11)

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References

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  • 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

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Verb

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instituo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instituir