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Latin
Etymology
From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
īnstrūctiō f (genitive īnstrūctiōnis); third declension
- A constructing, erecting, building, insertion.
- An arranging, planting, setting in array; formation.
- (figuratively) An instruction, training.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016