instructio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *ster-
Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *strew-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *stréweti
Proto-Italic *strowō
Latin struō
Latin īnstruō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin īnstrūctiō

    From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    īnstrūctiō f (genitive īnstrūctiōnis); third declension

    1. A constructing, erecting, building, insertion.
    2. An arranging, planting, setting in array; formation.
    3. (figuratively) An instruction, training.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative īnstrūctiō īnstrūctiōnēs
    genitive īnstrūctiōnis īnstrūctiōnum
    dative īnstrūctiōnī īnstrūctiōnibus
    accusative īnstrūctiōnem īnstrūctiōnēs
    ablative īnstrūctiōne īnstrūctiōnibus
    vocative īnstrūctiō īnstrūctiōnēs

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    References

    • “instructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “instructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “instructio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • instructio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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