instructura

Latin

Etymology

From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.struːkˈtuː.ra/, [ĩːs̠t̪ruːkˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.strukˈtu.ra/, [inst̪rukˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

īnstrūctūra f (genitive īnstrūctūrae); first declension

1. A building in, enclosure, barrier.
2. (of discourse) An arrangement, construction.
3. (military) An array, order of battle.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnstrūctūra	īnstrūctūrae
genitive	īnstrūctūrae	īnstrūctūrārum
dative	īnstrūctūrae	īnstrūctūrīs
accusative	īnstrūctūram	īnstrūctūrās
ablative	īnstrūctūrā	īnstrūctūrīs
vocative	īnstrūctūra	īnstrūctūrae

Related terms

• īnstrūctē
• īnstrūctiō
• īnstrūctor
• īnstrūctus
• īnstrūmentum
• īnstruō

References

• “instructura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• instructura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• instructura in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016