LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird-declension one-termination participle

īnstāns

īnstāns (genitive īnstantis, adverb īnstanter)

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticiplestanding or pressing upon
  2. one terminationparticipleurging, pursuing, insisting
    tālis erat Dīdō, tālem sē laeta ferēbat[Much like Diana] was Dido, [and] as such, with joy she was advancing amid the throng, and urging [them] to toil for the forthcoming kingdom [of Carthage].29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.503–504
  3. broadlyone terminationparticipleeager, urgent
  4. broadlyone terminationparticiplepresentpresent

instans, P. a., v. insto
I. fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*énu
  2. Latinīnstāns

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin īnstō Latin instans Present active participle of īnstō.

Quick answers

What does īnstāns mean in Latin?
īnstāns, a verb, means “standing or pressing upon; urging, pursuing, insisting; eager, urgent”.
What are the principal parts of īnstāns?
īnstāns, īnstantis (third-declension one-termination participle).
Where does īnstāns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *énu → Latin īnstāns.