instituo

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ statuō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsti.tu.oː/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪ɪt̪uoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsti.tu.o/, [inˈst̪iːt̪uo]

Verb

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

to set up, establish, found, institute or arrange
to train, teach, instruct, educate (usually by a course of training)
to make (something) a habit, practice, or custom
to build, construct
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
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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnstitue	—	—	īnstituite	—
active	future	—	īnstituitō	īnstituitō	—	īnstituitōte	īnstituuntō
passive	present	—	īnstituere	—	—	īnstituiminī	—
passive	future	—	īnstituitor	īnstituitor	—	—	īnstituuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnstituere	īnstituisse	īnstitūtūrum esse	īnstituī	īnstitūtum esse	īnstitūtum īrī
participles		īnstituēns	—	īnstitūtūrus	—	īnstitūtus	īnstituendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnstituendī	īnstituendō	īnstituendum	īnstituendō	īnstitūtum	īnstitūtū

Derived terms

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

first-person singular present indicative of instituir