Latin

Verb

īnstituō ‎(present infinitive īnstituere, perfect active īnstituī, supine īnstitūtum); third conjugation

1. I set up, establish, found or institute
2. I make (something) a habit, practice, or custom
3. I build

Inflection

Descendants

• French: instituer
• Spanish: instituir

References

• instituo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• instituo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “instituo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to teach a person refinement: aliquem ad humanitatem informare or instituere
    
  • to receive instruction from some one: institui or erudiri ab aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
    
  • to introduce a new religion, a new cult: novas religiones instituere
    
  • to enter into conversation with some one: sermonem conferre, instituere, ordiri cum aliquo
    
  • to raise towers: turres instituere, exstruere
    
  • to build a ship, a fleet: navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituere
    
  • (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain true to one's principles: institutum tenere
    

Portuguese

Verb

instituo

1. first-person singular present indicative of instituir