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instauro

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See also: instauró and instaurò

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instauro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instaurar

Italian

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instauro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instaurare

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Latin

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ *staurō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂u-ro-, from *steh₂-. The first meaning, which was also continued in the Romance languages, was "erect", "establish". The meaning "renew" arose by applying this meaning to a structure whose stability has ceased or to an event which has ended. Compare German in Stand setzen (to repair), literally "to set in stand". A semantical influence of restaurō (to restore) is also likely.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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īnstaurō (present infinitive īnstaurāre, perfect active īnstaurāvī, supine īnstaurātum); first conjugation

  1. to set up, erect, make
  2. to repeat, start, or perform anew or afresh; renew (after a period of disuse), resume
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.63-64:
      [...] īnstauratque diem dōnīs, pecudumque reclūsīs
      pectoribus inhiāns spīrantia cōnsulit exta.
      And [Dido] repeats [the ritual] with [divine] offerings [each] day. And poring over the still-throbbing entrails within the just-opened breasts of [sacrificial] animals, she takes counsel [therein].
      (Dido — acting as a haruspex — keeps re-enacting the extispicium as if there had been an error, a practice known as instauratio.)

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References

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  • instauro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • instauro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • instauro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to revive public games: ludos instaurare

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instauro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instaurar

Spanish

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instauro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of instaurar