instinctus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *sténgʷeti
Proto-Italic *stengʷō
Latin stinguō
Latin īnstinguō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin īnstīnctus

    From īnstinguō + -tus.

    Noun

    īnstīnctus m (genitive īnstīnctūs); fourth declension

    1. instigation
    2. inspiration
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative īnstīnctus īnstīnctūs
    genitive īnstīnctūs īnstīnctuum
    dative īnstīnctuī īnstīnctibus
    accusative īnstīnctum īnstīnctūs
    ablative īnstīnctū īnstīnctibus
    vocative īnstīnctus īnstīnctūs
    Descendants
    • → English: instinct
    • → German: Instinkt
    • → Russian: инстинкт (instinkt)
    • → Spanish: instinto

    Etymology 2

      Perfect passive participle of īnstinguō (“instigate”).

      Adjective

      īnstīnctus (feminine īnstīncta, neuter īnstīnctum); first/second-declension adjective

      1. having been inspired
      2. having been infuriated
      Declension

      First/second-declension adjective.

      singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
      nominative īnstīnctus īnstīncta īnstīnctum īnstīnctī īnstīnctae īnstīncta
      genitive īnstīnctī īnstīnctae īnstīnctī īnstīnctōrum īnstīnctārum īnstīnctōrum
      dative īnstīnctō īnstīnctae īnstīnctō īnstīnctīs
      accusative īnstīnctum īnstīnctam īnstīnctum īnstīnctōs īnstīnctās īnstīncta
      ablative īnstīnctō īnstīnctā īnstīnctō īnstīnctīs
      vocative īnstīncte īnstīncta īnstīnctum īnstīnctī īnstīnctae īnstīncta

      References

      • “instinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “instinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • “instinctus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
        • (ambiguous) to feel inspired: divino quodam instinctu concitari, ferri (Div. 1. 31. 66)
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