instruo

From instrui +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /insˈtruo/
• Rhymes: -uo

instruo (accusative singular instruon, plural instruoj, accusative plural instruojn)

1. instruction, teaching

• instrumaterialo

From in- (“in, at, on”) +‎ struō (“pile up, arrange; construct”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.stru.oː/, [ˈĩː.strʊ.oː]

īnstruō (present infinitive īnstruere, perfect active īnstrūxī, supine īnstrūctum); third conjugation

1. I build in or into, insert; erect, construct
2. I arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise
3. I prepare (for), provide (for), make ready, set up, furnish, provide, equip, fit out, procure
4. I provide with information, teach, inform, instruct
5. (military) I draw up (in battle formation), array, set in order, form

In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are third-person singular and plural. The second-person singular perfect indicative active form īnstrūxistī sometimes occurs syncopated as īnstrūxtī.

• instruo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• instruo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• instruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    
  • to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)
    
  • to load the tables with the most exquisite viands: mensas exquisitissimis epulis instruere (Tusc. 5. 21. 62)
    
  • to draw up forces in battle-order: aciem (copias, exercitum) instruere or in acie constituere
    
  • to draw up the army in three lines: aciem triplicem instruere (B. G. 1. 24)
    
  • to equip a boat, a fleet: navem (classem) armare, ornare, instruere
    

instruo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of instruir