institutum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive use of the neuter gender of īnstitūtus.

Noun

īnstitūtum n (genitive īnstitūtī); second declension

1. custom, principle
2. decree
3. intention, plan
4. institution
5. habit

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īnstitūtum	īnstitūta
Genitive	īnstitūtī	īnstitūtōrum
Dative	īnstitūtō	īnstitūtīs
Accusative	īnstitūtum	īnstitūta
Ablative	īnstitūtō	īnstitūtīs
Vocative	īnstitūtum	īnstitūta

Descendants

• Catalan: institut
• French: institut
  • → Turkish: enstitü
• Galician: instituto
• Italian: istituto
• Portuguese: instituto
• Romanian: institut
• Spanish: instituto
• ⇒ German: Institut
  • → Russian: институ́т (institút)

Participle

īnstitūtum

1. inflection of īnstitūtus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

īnstitūtum

1. accusative supine of īnstituō

References

• “institutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “institutum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• institutum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a sound and sensible system of conduct: vitae ratio bene ac sapienter instituta
    
  • according to traditional usage: ex instituto (Liv. 6. 10. 6)
    
  • the constitution: instituta et leges
    
  • to give the state a constitution: rem publicam legibus et institutis temperare (Tusc. 1. 1. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) a theme, subject proposed for discussion: institutum or id quod institui
    
  • (ambiguous) to remain true to one's principles: institutum tenere
    
• institutum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016