instinctus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈstiːnk.tus/, [ĩːˈs̠t̪iːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈstink.tus/, [inˈst̪iŋkt̪us]

Etymology 1

From īnstinguō +‎ -tus.

Noun

īnstīnctus m (genitive īnstīnctūs); fourth declension

1. instigation
2. inspiration

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnstīnctus	īnstīnctūs
Genitive	īnstīnctūs	īnstīnctuum
Dative	īnstīnctuī	īnstīnctibus
Accusative	īnstīnctum	īnstīnctūs
Ablative	īnstīnctū	īnstīnctibus
Vocative	īnstīnctus	īnstīnctūs

Descendants

• → English: instinct
• → German: Instinkt
• → Russian: инстинкт (instinkt)

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of instinguo (“instigate”).

Adjective

īnstīnctus (feminine īnstīncta, neuter īnstīnctum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having been inspired
2. having been infuriated

Declension

First/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

• “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)