instita

Latin edit

Etymology edit

According to Ernout/Meillet, this is the feminine variant of an unattested nominal *instes, institis, from īnstō.^[1] Compare antistes and antistita.

Noun edit

īnstita f (genitive īnstitae); first declension

A plaited border or flounce (on a Roman lady's tunic)

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnstita	īnstitae
Genitive	īnstitae	īnstitārum
Dative	īnstitae	īnstitīs
Accusative	īnstitam	īnstitās
Ablative	īnstitā	īnstitīs
Vocative	īnstita	īnstitae

References edit

“instita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“instita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
instita 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)
instita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“instita”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“instita”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “īnstita”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 319

[1] Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “īnstita”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 319

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