LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

īnstaurō

īnstaurō (present infinitive īnstaurāre, perfect active īnstaurāvī, supine īnstaurātum)
Classical[ĩːˈstau̯.roː]Ecclesiastical[inˈstaːu̯.ro]

Meaning

  1. to set up, erect, make
  2. to repeat, start, or perform anew or afresh; renew (after a period of disuse), resume
    [...] īnstauratque diem dōnīs, pecudumque reclūsīsAnd [Dido] repeats [the ritual] with [divine] offerings [each] day. And poring over the still-throbbing entrails within the just-opened breasts of [sacrificial] animals, she takes counsel [therein]. (Dido — acting as a haruspex — keeps re-enacting the extispicium as if there had been an error, a practice known as instauratio.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.63-64

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Instituere · Instaurare · Restituere · Restaurare

Instituere means to establish a profane, instaurare, a sacred, or honorable, or generally important institution, such as sacrifices, sacred games, wars and battles. Hence is instituere itself a usual, instaurare, a solemn, select expression. In the same manner restituere is distinguished from restaurare. (iv. 300.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.īnstaurōīnstaurābamīnstaurābōīnstaurāvīīnstaurāveramīnstaurāverō
īnstaurārō
2nd sg.īnstaurāsīnstaurābāsīnstaurābisīnstaurāvistī
īnstaurāstī
īnstaurāverās
īnstaurārās
īnstaurāveris
3rd sg.īnstauratīnstaurābatīnstaurābitīnstaurāvitīnstaurāverat
īnstaurārat
īnstaurāverit
īnstaurārit
1st pl.īnstaurāmusīnstaurābāmusīnstaurābimusīnstaurāvimusīnstaurāverāmusīnstaurāverimus
īnstaurārimus
2nd pl.īnstaurātisīnstaurābātisīnstaurābitisīnstaurāvistis
īnstaurāstis
īnstaurāverātis
īnstaurārātis
īnstaurāveritis
īnstaurāritis
3rd pl.īnstaurantīnstaurābantīnstaurābuntīnstaurāvērunt
īnstaurāvēre, īnstaurārunt
īnstaurāverant
īnstaurārant
īnstaurāverint
īnstaurārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.īnstauremīnstaurāremīnstaurāverim
īnstaurārim
īnstaurāvissem
īnstaurāssem
2nd sg.īnstaurēsīnstaurārēsīnstaurāverīsīnstaurāvissēs
īnstaurāssēs
3rd sg.īnstauretīnstaurāretīnstaurāverit
īnstaurārit
īnstaurāvisset
īnstaurāsset
1st pl.īnstaurēmusīnstaurārēmusīnstaurāverīmus
īnstaurārīmus
īnstaurāvissēmus
īnstaurāssēmus
2nd pl.īnstaurētisīnstaurārētisīnstaurāverītis
īnstaurārītis
īnstaurāvissētis
īnstaurāssētis
3rd pl.īnstaurentīnstaurārentīnstaurāverint
īnstaurārint
īnstaurāvissent
īnstaurāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.īnstaurorīnstaurābarīnstaurābor
2nd sg.īnstaurāris
īnstaurāre
īnstaurābāris
īnstaurābāre
īnstaurāberis
īnstaurābere
3rd sg.īnstaurāturīnstaurābāturīnstaurābitur
1st pl.īnstaurāmurīnstaurābāmurīnstaurābimur
2nd pl.īnstaurāminīīnstaurābāminīīnstaurābiminī
3rd pl.īnstauranturīnstaurābanturīnstaurābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.īnstaurerīnstaurārer
2nd sg.īnstaurēris
īnstaurēre
īnstaurārēris
īnstaurārēre
3rd sg.īnstaurēturīnstaurārētur
1st pl.īnstaurēmurīnstaurārēmur
2nd pl.īnstaurēminīīnstaurārēminī
3rd pl.īnstaurenturīnstaurārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.īnstaurāīnstaurāre
pres. 2nd pl.īnstaurāteīnstaurāminī
fut. 2nd sg.īnstaurātōīnstaurātor
fut. 3rd sg.īnstaurātōīnstaurātor
fut. 2nd pl.īnstaurātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.īnstaurantōīnstaurantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveīnstaurāreīnstaurārī
perfect infinitiveīnstaurāvisse
īnstaurāsse
īnstaurātum esse
future infinitiveīnstaurātūrum esseīnstaurātum īrī
present participleīnstaurāns—
perfect participle—īnstaurātus
īnstaurāta, īnstaurātā, īnstaurātae, īnstaurātam, īnstaurātārum, īnstaurātās, īnstaurātī, īnstaurātōrum, īnstaurātōs
future participleīnstaurātūrus
īnstaurātūra, īnstaurātūrā, īnstaurātūrae, īnstaurātūram, īnstaurātūrārum, īnstaurātūrās, īnstaurātūre, īnstaurātūrī, īnstaurātūrīs, īnstaurātūrō, īnstaurātūrōrum, īnstaurātūrōs, īnstaurātūrum
īnstaurandus
īnstauranda, īnstaurandā, īnstaurandae, īnstaurandam, īnstaurandārum, īnstaurandās, īnstaurande, īnstaurandīs, īnstaurandōrum, īnstaurandōs
gerundīnstaurandī, īnstaurandō, īnstaurandumsupineīnstaurātum, īnstaurātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ludos instaurare
to revive public games.

in-stauro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. staurus, obs., = Gr. σταυρός, a paling, stake; cf. Sanscr. sthavaras, firm; root stare, ἵστημι,
I. to renew, repeat, celebrate anew; to repair, restore; to erect, make (syn.: renovo, integro; class.): Latinas, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 4: caedem, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 3: (with renovare) scelus pristinum, Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 11: novum de integro bellum, Liv. 37, 19, 5: infestis pugnam sagittis, Juv. 15, 74: societatem. Suet. Ner. 57: omne genus operis, auspicandi causa, Col. 11, 2, 98: cinere aut gypso instaurare vina, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 126: sibi monumenta, id. 31, 2, 3, § 6: opus, id. 34, 7, 18, § 46: sibi tunicas, id. 11, 23, 27, § 77: instaurati animi, refreshed, Verg. A. 2, 451: sacrum diis loci, to offer, perform, Tac. H. 2, 70: dī, talia Graiis, Instaurate, i. e. to repay, requite, Verg. A. 6, 530: pervigiles popinas, to frequent anew, Juv. 8, 158.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinīnstaurō

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *steh₂u-ro- Proto-Italic *stauros Latin *staurō Latin instauro From in- + *staurō, from Proto-Italic *stauros, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂u-ro-, from *steh₂-. The first meaning, which was also continued in the Romance languages, was "erect", "establish". The meaning "renew" arose by applying this meaning to a structure whose stability has ceased or to an event which has ended. Compare German in Stand setzen (“to repair”), literally "to set in stand". A semantical influence of the related restaurō (“to restore”) (see there for close cognates) is also likely.

Descendants
  • Catalaninstaurar
  • Frenchinstaurer
  • Italianinstaurare
  • Englishstorefrom Old French estorer
  • Portugueseinstaurar
  • Romanianinstaura
  • Spanishinstaurar
  • Galicianinstaurar

In English words that came into English from īnstaurō

  • storeīnstaurāre
  • instaurationinstauratio
  • instaurateīnstaurātus
  • astoreinstaurare

Quick answers

What does īnstaurō mean in Latin?
īnstaurō, a verb, means “to set up, erect, make; to repeat, start, or perform anew or afresh; renew (after a period of disuse), resume”.
What are the principal parts of īnstaurō?
īnstaurō, īnstaurāre, īnstaurāvī, īnstaurātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce īnstaurō?
In classical Latin, [ĩːˈstau̯.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [inˈstaːu̯.ro].
Where does īnstaurō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin īnstaurō.
Which English words come from īnstaurō?
English words that go back to Latin īnstaurō include store, instaurate, astore and instauration.