instinctus
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈstiːnk.tus/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪iːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈstink.tus/, [inˈst̪iŋkt̪us]
Etymology 1
editNoun
editīnstīnctus m (genitive īnstīnctūs); fourth declension
Declension
editFourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | īnstīnctus | īnstīnctūs |
Genitive | īnstīnctūs | īnstīnctuum |
Dative | īnstīnctuī | īnstīnctibus |
Accusative | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctūs |
Ablative | īnstīnctū | īnstīnctibus |
Vocative | īnstīnctus | īnstīnctūs |
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editPerfect passive participle of instinguo (“instigate”).
Adjective
editīnstīnctus (feminine īnstīncta, neuter īnstīnctum); first/second-declension adjective
- having been inspired
- having been infuriated
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | īnstīnctus | īnstīncta | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctī | īnstīnctae | īnstīncta | |
Genitive | īnstīnctī | īnstīnctae | īnstīnctī | īnstīnctōrum | īnstīnctārum | īnstīnctōrum | |
Dative | īnstīnctō | īnstīnctō | īnstīnctīs | ||||
Accusative | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctam | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctōs | īnstīnctās | īnstīncta | |
Ablative | īnstīnctō | īnstīnctā | īnstīnctō | īnstīnctīs | |||
Vocative | īnstīncte | īnstīncta | īnstīnctum | īnstīnctī | īnstīnctae | īnstīncta |
References
edit- “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)
Categories:
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin fourth declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook