instructio

Latin

Etymology

From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈstruːk.ti.oː/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪ruːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈstruk.t͡si.o/, [inˈst̪rukt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

īnstrūctiō f (genitive īnstrūctiōnis); third declension

1. A constructing, erecting, building, insertion.
2. An arranging, planting, setting in array; formation.
3. (figuratively) An instruction, training.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnstrūctiō	īnstrūctiōnēs
Genitive	īnstrūctiōnis	īnstrūctiōnum
Dative	īnstrūctiōnī	īnstrūctiōnibus
Accusative	īnstrūctiōnem	īnstrūctiōnēs
Ablative	īnstrūctiōne	īnstrūctiōnibus
Vocative	īnstrūctiō	īnstrūctiōnēs

Synonyms

• (instruction): discīplīna, doctrīna, institūtiō

Related terms

• īnstrūctē
• īnstrūctor
• īnstrūctūra

• īnstrūctus
• īnstrūmentum
• īnstruō

Descendants

• English: instruction
• French: instruction
• Italian: istruzione
• Portuguese: instrução
• Russian: инструкция (instrukcija)

References

• “instructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “instructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• instructio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• instructio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016