institutio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From īnstituō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /in.stiˈtuː.ti.oː/, [ĩːs̠t̪ɪˈt̪uːt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.stiˈtut.t͡si.o/, [inst̪iˈt̪ut̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

īnstitūtiō f (genitive īnstitūtiōnis); third declension

  1. disposition, arrangement
  2. custom, manner
  3. instruction, education
  4. institution

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnstitūtiō īnstitūtiōnēs
Genitive īnstitūtiōnis īnstitūtiōnum
Dative īnstitūtiōnī īnstitūtiōnibus
Accusative īnstitūtiōnem īnstitūtiōnēs
Ablative īnstitūtiōne īnstitūtiōnibus
Vocative īnstitūtiō īnstitūtiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • “institutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “institutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • institutio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • institutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the teaching of children: disciplina (institutio) puerilis (not liberorum)
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