instruo

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Etymology

From instrui +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uo
  • Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧o

Noun

instruo (accusative singular instruon, plural instruoj, accusative plural instruojn)

  1. instruction
    Synonyms: instrukcio, instruado, komando

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *enstrowō. Equivalent to in- (“in, at, on”) +‎ struō (“pile up, arrange; construct”).

Pronunciation

Verb

īnstruō (present infinitive īnstruere, perfect active īnstrūxī, supine īnstrūctum); third conjugation, limited passive

  1. to build in or into, insert; erect, construct
    Synonyms: condo, fundo, constituo, statuo, figo
  2. to arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise
    Synonyms: parō, compōnō
  3. to prepare (for), provide (for), make ready, set up, furnish, provide, equip, fit out, procure
    Synonyms: exōrnō, adōrnō, ōrnō, praebeō, apparō, parō, accingō, suggerō, comparō, afferō
  4. to provide with information, teach, inform, instruct
    Synonyms: doceō, discō, ēducō, ērudiō, ēdoceō, magistrō, imbuō, fingō
  5. (military) to draw up (in battle formation), array, set in order, form

Conjugation

   Conjugation of īnstruō (third conjugation, only third-person forms in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnstruō īnstruis īnstruit īnstruimus īnstruitis īnstruunt
imperfect īnstruēbam īnstruēbās īnstruēbat īnstruēbāmus īnstruēbātis īnstruēbant
future īnstruam īnstruēs īnstruet īnstruēmus īnstruētis īnstruent
perfect īnstrūxī īnstrūxistī īnstrūxit īnstrūximus īnstrūxistis īnstrūxērunt,
īnstrūxēre
pluperfect īnstrūxeram īnstrūxerās īnstrūxerat īnstrūxerāmus īnstrūxerātis īnstrūxerant
future perfect īnstrūxerō īnstrūxeris īnstrūxerit īnstrūxerimus īnstrūxeritis īnstrūxerint
passive present — — īnstruitur — — īnstruuntur
imperfect — — īnstruēbātur — — īnstruēbantur
future — — īnstruētur — — īnstruentur
perfect — — īnstrūctus est — — īnstrūctī sunt
pluperfect — — īnstrūctus erat — — īnstrūctī erant
future perfect — — īnstrūctus erit — — īnstrūctī erunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnstruam īnstruās īnstruat īnstruāmus īnstruātis īnstruant
imperfect īnstruerem īnstruerēs īnstrueret īnstruerēmus īnstruerētis īnstruerent
perfect īnstrūxerim īnstrūxerīs īnstrūxerit īnstrūxerīmus īnstrūxerītis īnstrūxerint
pluperfect īnstrūxissem īnstrūxissēs īnstrūxisset īnstrūxissēmus īnstrūxissētis īnstrūxissent
passive present — — īnstruātur — — īnstruantur
imperfect — — īnstruerētur — — īnstruerentur
perfect — — īnstrūctus sit — — īnstrūctī sint
pluperfect — — īnstrūctus esset,
īnstrūctus foret 		— — īnstrūctī essent,
īnstrūctī forent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — īnstrue — — īnstruite —
future — īnstruitō īnstruitō — īnstruitōte īnstruuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives īnstruere īnstrūxisse īnstrūctūrum esse īnstruī īnstrūctum esse īnstrūctum īrī
participles īnstruēns — īnstrūctūrus — īnstrūctus īnstruendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
īnstruendī īnstruendō īnstruendum īnstruendō īnstrūctum īnstrūctū

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Descendants

References

  • “instruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “instruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • instruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    • to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)
    • to load the tables with the most exquisite viands: mensas exquisitissimis epulis instruere (Tusc. 5. 21. 62)
    • to draw up forces in battle-order: aciem (copias, exercitum) instruere or in acie constituere
    • to draw up the army in three lines: aciem triplicem instruere (B. G. 1. 24)
    • to equip a boat, a fleet: navem (classem) armare, ornare, instruere

Portuguese

Verb

instruo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instruir
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