instinctus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈstiːŋk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈstiŋk.tus]
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Noun
īnstīnctus m (genitive īnstīnctūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnstīnctus | īnstīnctūs |
| genitive | īnstīnctūs | īnstīnctuum |
| dative | īnstīnctuī | īnstīnctibus |
| accusative | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctūs |
| ablative | īnstīnctū | īnstīnctibus |
| vocative | īnstīnctus | īnstīnctūs |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of īnstinguō (“instigate”).
Adjective
īnstīnctus (feminine īnstīncta, neuter īnstīnctum); first/second-declension adjective
- having been inspired
- having been infuriated
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | īnstīnctus | īnstīncta | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctī | īnstīnctae | īnstīncta | |
| genitive | īnstīnctī | īnstīnctae | īnstīnctī | īnstīnctōrum | īnstīnctārum | īnstīnctōrum | |
| dative | īnstīnctō | īnstīnctae | īnstīnctō | īnstīnctīs | |||
| accusative | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctam | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctōs | īnstīnctās | īnstīncta | |
| ablative | īnstīnctō | īnstīnctā | īnstīnctō | īnstīnctīs | |||
| vocative | īnstīncte | īnstīncta | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctī | īnstīnctae | īnstīncta | |
References
- “instinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “instinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “instinctus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to feel inspired: divino quodam instinctu concitari, ferri (Div. 1. 31. 66)
- (ambiguous) to feel inspired: divino quodam instinctu concitari, ferri (Div. 1. 31. 66)