instita

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Latin

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Etymology

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According to Ernout/Meillet, this is the feminine variant of an unattested nominal *instes, institis, from īnstō.[1] Compare antistes and antistita.

Noun

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īnstita f (genitive īnstitae); first declension

  1. A plaited border or flounce (on a Roman lady's tunic)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnstita īnstitae
Genitive īnstitae īnstitārum
Dative īnstitae īnstitīs
Accusative īnstitam īnstitās
Ablative īnstitā īnstitīs
Vocative īnstita īnstitae

References

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  • instita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • instita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • instita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • instita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • instita”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • instita”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “īnstita”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 319