Latin

Noun

īnstantia f ‎(genitive īnstantiae); first declension

1. a being near, presence
2. perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: instance
• Russian: инстанция ‎(instancija)

References

• instantia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• instantia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INSTANTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “instantia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• instance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911