instructe

Forms

īnstrūctē (comparative īnstrūctius, superlative īnstrūctissimē)^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin īnstrūctus (“equipped, arranged”) + -ē, an adverb, from īnstruō (“to equip, arrange”).^[2][1][3] De Vaan traces ⟨struō⟩ to Proto-Italic *strow-e/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *strew-e/o- (“to strew”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Livy.^[3] Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^[3]

Semantic evolution

It meant with much equipment, elaborately, as in Livy, with a comparative īnstrūctius.^[2][3]

British Medieval Latin used it for well equipped, in good order, and skilfully, learnedly.^[5]

Timeline

• 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^[3]

Meanings

Adverb

1. With much equipment, elaborately.^[2]
2. (Medieval Latin) Skilfully, learnedly.^[5]

Related words

• īnstruō
• īnstrūctus

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press