instinctus

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈstink.tus/, [ĩːˈstɪŋk.tʊs]

Noun

īnstinctus m (genitive īnstinctūs); fourth declension

  1. inspiration
  2. instigation, impulse

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnstinctus īnstinctūs
Genitive īnstinctūs īnstinctuum
Dative īnstinctuī īnstinctibus
Accusative īnstinctum īnstinctūs
Ablative īnstinctū īnstinctibus
Vocative īnstinctus īnstinctūs

Descendants

Adjective

īnstinctus (feminine īnstincta, neuter īnstinctum); first/second declension

  1. inspired
  2. infuriated

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnstinctus īnstincta īnstinctum īnstinctī īnstinctae īnstincta
Genitive īnstinctī īnstinctae īnstinctī īnstinctōrum īnstinctārum īnstinctōrum
Dative īnstinctō īnstinctae īnstinctō īnstinctīs īnstinctīs īnstinctīs
Accusative īnstinctum īnstinctam īnstinctum īnstinctōs īnstinctās īnstincta
Ablative īnstinctō īnstinctā īnstinctō īnstinctīs īnstinctīs īnstinctīs
Vocative īnstincte īnstincta īnstinctum īnstinctī īnstinctae īnstincta

References
  • instinctus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • instinctus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • instinctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to feel inspired: divino quodam instinctu concitari, ferri (Div. 1. 31. 66)
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