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“institute” in Latin
īnstituōto set up, establish, found, institute or arrange; to train, teach, instruct, educate (usually by a course of training);magistrātusa magistrate, official; a magisterial office, civil office, magistracyferiōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure; to cut, to thrust; to kill by striking, to slay, to give a deathfaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to msacrificōto sacrifice (something); to make or offer a sacrifice
The English word institute itself goes back to Latin statuō, through īnstitūtus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
institute v.
Establish (laws, rules, etc.), instituere (e.g., magistratum, ferias, sacros ludos).
Instruct (in anything), instituere (absolutely, or ad aliquid or ad [aliquid] faciendum). (The words are found in this connection and order.) instituere atque erudire. [Vid. INSTRUCT, TEACH.]
To set on foot. To institute an inquiry, quaestionem de aliqua re instituere (e.g., de morte alicujus, Cic.); quaestionem de aliqua re constituere (e.g., de furto, Cic.). To institute a suit, actionem instituere (Cic., Mur., 9); against anybody, actionem or litem alicui intendere. [Vid: To ACCUSE, “to bring an ACTION. “]
To invest with the care of souls, *beneficio alicui sacerdotem instituere (☞ aliquem tutorem instituere filiorum orbitati, Cic., Or. 1, 53).
institute s.
Book of elements or principles, praecepta institutaque (e.g., pbilosophiae, Cic.): ars alicujus rei or aliquid faciendi conscripta (e.g., sacrificandi, Liv., 25, 2).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for institute?
- The usual Latin words for “institute” are īnstituō, magistrātus, feriō; also faciō, sacrificō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.