institutio Latin · revision 7933

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=la statuō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩː.stɪˈtuː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [in.stiˈtut.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnstitūtiō''' ''f'' (genitive īnstitūtiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[īnstituō]] “to set up, establish, teach” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of arrangement.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates the ''Rhetorica'' 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a method of arrangement, organization, as Cicero's ''īnstitūtiō rērum'', and in Cicero the establishment of something, and an established practice, custom.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Gaius it meant in law the appointment of an heir.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant teaching, education, and the doctrine of a school.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant an institution, manner of life, religious order, arrangement, instruction, principles.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a building, a foundation, creation and disposition.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''istituzione'' and French ''institution'', and Old French gave [[en|institution]] about 1400, “the founding of a system or order”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of arrangement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of education.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it of appointing an heir.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''institution'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Arrangement, organization.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Establishment, ''(law)'' appointment of an heir.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A custom, practice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Teaching, [[m|en|education]]; a doctrine.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A religious order; an [[m|en|institution]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnstituō]]

+ * [[īnstitūtum]]

+ * [[en|institution]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}