noun · neutersecond declension
īnstitūtum
īnstitūtum n (genitive īnstitūtī)
Meaning
- custom, practice, habit
- principle, rule of life
- decree
- intention, plan, purpose, undertaking
- institution
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnstitūtum | īnstitūta |
| genitive | īnstitūtī | īnstitūtōrum |
| dative | īnstitūtō | īnstitūtīs |
| accusative | īnstitūtum | īnstitūta |
| ablative | īnstitūtō | īnstitūtīs |
| vocative | īnstitūtum | īnstitūta |
instĭtūtum, i, n. id.,
I. a purpose, intention, design; an arrangement, plan; mode of life, habits, practices, manners; a regulation, ordinance, institution; instruction; agreement, stipulation (class.):
ejus omne institutum voluntatemque omnem successio prospera consecuta est, Cic. Hortens. Fragm.: ad hujus libri institutum illa nihil pertinent, id. Top. 6: me nunc oblitum consuetudinis et instituti mei, id. Att. 4, 18: meretricium, id. Cael. 20, 50: majorum, id. Agr. 2, 1: vitae capere, to form a plan of life, id. Fin. 4, 15, 40: juris publici leges et instituta, id. Brut. 77: instituta Parthorum, Tac. A. 6, 32: institutis patriae parere, Nep. Ages. 4: praecepta institutaque philosophiae, Cic. Off. 1, 1: optimis institutis mentem infantium informare, Quint. 1, 1, 16.—Adv.: ex instituto, according to law or tradition: militem ex instituto dare, Liv. 6, 10, 6; 45, 13, 8.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnstitūtum ī, n
P. of instituo, a purpose, intention, design: consulatūs tui: pauca de instituto meo dicere: huius libri.—A practice, custom, usage, habit: hi linguā, institutis differunt, Cs.: meretricium: utor instituto meo: abduci ab institutis suis, principles: aliorum instituto fecisse, precedent: contra omnium instituta, precedents: instituto suo copias eduxit, Cs.: militem ex instituto dare, according to usage, L.—An institution, ordinance, decree, regulation: praetoris: instituta maiorum domi militiaeque, S.: omnia traditis institutis acta: patriae, N.: duarum vitarum instituta, plans.—Plur., principles, elements: philosophiae.
Origins
Substantive use of the neuter gender of īnstitūtus.
Descendants
- Catalaninstitut
- Frenchinstitut
- Italianistituto
- Portugueseinstituto
- Romanianinstitut
- Spanishinstituto
- GermanInstitut
- Turkishenstitüfrom French institut
- Galicianinstituto
- Russianинститу́тfrom German Institut
In English words that came into English from īnstitūtum
- instituteīnstitūtum