instans

Latin edit

Present active participle of īnstō.

īnstāns (genitive īnstantis, adverb īnstanter); third-declension one-termination participle

standing or pressing upon
urging, pursuing, insisting
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.503-504:
  tālis erat Dīdō, tālem sē laeta ferēbat
  per mediōs, īnstāns operī rēgnīsque futūrīs.
  [Much like Diana] was Dido, [and] as such, with joy she was advancing amid the throng, and urging [them] to toil for the forthcoming kingdom [of Carthage].
(by extension) eager, urgent
(by extension) present
Synonym: praesēns

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	īnstāns		īnstantēs	īnstantia
Genitive	īnstantis		īnstantium
Dative	īnstantī		īnstantibus
Accusative	īnstantem	īnstāns	īnstantēs īnstantīs	īnstantia
Ablative	īnstante īnstantī¹		īnstantibus
Vocative	īnstāns		īnstantēs	īnstantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

“instans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“instans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
instans 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)

instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instanser, definite plural instansene)

instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instansar, definite plural instansane)

instans c