instruo

From instrui +‎ -o.

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• IPA^(key): [insˈtruo]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧o

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

1. instruction

   Synonyms: instrukcio, instruado, komando

From Proto-Italic *enstrowō. Equivalent to in- (“in, at, on”) +‎ struō (“pile up, arrange; construct”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.stru.oː/, [ˈĩːs̠t̪ruoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.stru.o/, [ˈinst̪ruo]

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

1. to build in or into, insert; erect, construct

   Synonyms: condo, fundo, constituo, statuo, figo

2. to arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise

   Synonyms: parō, compōnō

3. to prepare (for), provide (for), make ready, set up, furnish, provide, equip, fit out, procure

   Synonyms: exōrnō, adōrnō, ōrnō, praebeō, apparō, parō, accingō, suggerō, comparō, afferō

4. to provide with information, teach, inform, instruct

   Synonyms: doceō, discō, ēducō, ērudiō, ēdoceō, magistrō, imbuō, fingō

5. (military) to draw up (in battle formation), array, set in order, form
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.15:

     Romanus [...] dimicationi ultimae instructus intentusque Tiberim transit

     The Roman general intended and arrayed [his forces] for a decisive battle, crossed the Tiber

• 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^[1], 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 present indicative of instruir