instructus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *enstroutos, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (prepare; equip; arrange).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈstruːk.tus/,

Participle

īnstrūctus (feminine īnstrūcta, neuter īnstrūctum, comparative īnstrūctior, adverb īnstrūctē); first/second-declension participle

  1. equipped, prepared
  2. arranged
  3. trained, skilled
    Synonyms: doctus, callidus, gnarus, sollers, peritus, cōnsultus
    Antonyms: rudis, inexpertus, imperītus, stultus, hospes, iners, ignārus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnstrūctus īnstrūcta īnstrūctum īnstrūctī īnstrūctae īnstrūcta
Genitive īnstrūctī īnstrūctae īnstrūctī īnstrūctōrum īnstrūctārum īnstrūctōrum
Dative īnstrūctō īnstrūctō īnstrūctīs
Accusative īnstrūctum īnstrūctam īnstrūctum īnstrūctōs īnstrūctās īnstrūcta
Ablative īnstrūctō īnstrūctā īnstrūctō īnstrūctīs
Vocative īnstrūcte īnstrūcta īnstrūctum īnstrūctī īnstrūctae īnstrūcta

References

  • instructus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • instructus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • instructus 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)
  • instructus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have received only a moderate education: a doctrina mediocriter instructum esse
    • a comfortably-furnished house: domus necessariis rebus instructa