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Latin
Etymology
in- + sternō (“to spread, cover”)
Pronunciation
Verb
īnsternō (present infinitive īnsternere, perfect active īnstrāvī, supine īnstrātum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to cover (over)
- (transitive) to strew (on)
Conjugation
References
- “insterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insterno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.