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instans
instans
Latin
Participle
īnstāns m, f, n (genitive īnstantis); third declension
- standing or pressing upon
- urging, pursuing, insisting
- (by extension) eager, urgent
- (by extension) present
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | īnstāns | īnstantēs | īnstantia | ||
| genitive | īnstantis | īnstantium | |||
| dative | īnstantī | īnstantibus | |||
| accusative | īnstantem | īnstāns | īnstantēs | īnstantia | |
| ablative | īnstante, īnstantī1 | īnstantibus | |||
| vocative | īnstāns | īnstantēs | īnstantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- 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, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin instantia, via German Instanz
Noun
instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instanser, definite plural instansene)
References
- “instans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin instantia, via German Instanz
Noun
instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instansar, definite plural instansane)
References
- “instans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
instans c
- an instance
Declension
| Inflection of instans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | instans | instansen | instanser | instanserna |
| Genitive | instans | instansens | instansers | instansernas |