instantia

== Latin == === Etymology === From īnstāns (present active participle of īnstō) +‎ -ia. === Noun === īnstantia f (genitive īnstantiae); first declension a being near, presence perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: instància French: instance Dutch: instantie English: instance German: Instanz Italian: istanza Portuguese: instância Romanian: instanță Russian: инстанция (instancija) Spanish: instancia === References === “instantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “instantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "instantia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “instantia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “instance”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.