instinctus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈstiːŋk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈstiŋk.tus] === Etymology 1 === From īnstinguō +‎ -tus. ==== Noun ==== īnstīnctus m (genitive īnstīnctūs); fourth declension instigation inspiration ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → English: instinct → German: Instinkt → Russian: инстинкт (instinkt) === Etymology 2 === Perfect passive participle of īnstinguō (“instigate”). ==== Adjective ==== īnstīnctus (feminine īnstīncta, neuter īnstīnctum); first/second-declension adjective having been inspired having been infuriated ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “instinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “instinctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “instinctus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.