institutum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive use of the neuter gender of īnstitūtus.

Noun

īnstitūtum n (genitive īnstitūtī); second declension

1. custom, practice, habit
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:

     Hī omnēs linguā, īnstitūtīs, lēgibus inter sē differunt.

     All these [Gallic peoples] differ from one another in [respect to] [their] language, customs, [and] laws.
     (Ablatives of respect, “in respect to…”: linguā, īnstitūtīs, lēgibus. The Gauls’ institutum could encompass their established practices and traditions, their structures and principles of organization, and the underlying morals and social manners that govern their behavior.)

2. principle, rule of life
3. decree
4. intention, plan, purpose, undertaking
5. institution

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	īnstitūtum	īnstitūta
genitive	īnstitūtī	īnstitūtōrum
dative	īnstitūtō	īnstitūtīs
accusative	īnstitūtum	īnstitūta
ablative	īnstitūtō	īnstitūtīs
vocative	īnstitūtum	īnstitūta

Descendants

• Catalan: institut
• French: institut
  • → Turkish: enstitü
• Galician: instituto
• Italian: istituto
• Portuguese: instituto
• Romanian: institut
• Spanish: instituto
• ⇒ German: Institut
  • → Russian: институ́т (institút)

Participle

īnstitūtum

1. inflection of īnstitūtus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

īnstitūtum

1. accusative supine of īnstituō

References

• “institutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “institutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “institutum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a sound and sensible system of conduct: vitae ratio bene ac sapienter instituta
    
  • according to traditional usage: ex instituto (Liv. 6. 10. 6)
    
  • the constitution: instituta et leges
    
  • to give the state a constitution: rem publicam legibus et institutis temperare (Tusc. 1. 1. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain true to one's principles: institutum tenere
    
• institutum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016