instructio

Latin

Etymology

From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈstruːk.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈstruk.t͡si.o]

Noun

īnstrūctiō f (genitive īnstrūctiōnis); third declension

1. A constructing, erecting, building, insertion.
2. An arranging, planting, setting in array; formation.
3. (figuratively) An instruction, training.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnstrūctiō	īnstrūctiōnēs
genitive	īnstrūctiōnis	īnstrūctiōnum
dative	īnstrūctiōnī	īnstrūctiōnibus
accusative	īnstrūctiōnem	īnstrūctiōnēs
ablative	īnstrūctiōne	īnstrūctiōnibus
vocative	īnstrūctiō	īnstrūctiōnēs

Synonyms

• (instruction): discīplīna, doctrīna, institūtiō

Related terms

• īnstrūctē
• īnstrūctor
• īnstrūctūra
• īnstrūctus
• īnstrūmentum
• īnstruō

Descendants

• Catalan: instrucció
• English: instruction
• French: instruction
• Galician: instrución
• Italian: istruzione
• Occitan: instruccion
• Portuguese: instrução
• Romanian: instrucție
• Russian: инструкция (instrukcija)
• Spanish: instrucción

References

• “instructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “instructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “instructio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• instructio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016