Latin edit

Etymology edit

īnstaurō +‎ -tio

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

īnstaurātiō f (genitive īnstaurātiōnis); third declension

  1. the act of renewing; renewal, repetition
  2. (more specifically) An Ancient Roman term referring to the redoing of a ceremony or ritual that has gone awry in some fashion, no matter how minor.

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnstaurātiō īnstaurātiōnēs
Genitive īnstaurātiōnis īnstaurātiōnum
Dative īnstaurātiōnī īnstaurātiōnibus
Accusative īnstaurātiōnem īnstaurātiōnēs
Ablative īnstaurātiōne īnstaurātiōnibus
Vocative īnstaurātiō īnstaurātiōnēs

Descendants edit

References edit

  • instauratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • instauratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • instauratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.