Etymology

From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) +‎ -tiōCategory:Latin terms suffixed with -tio#INSTRUCTIO.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩːˈstruːk.ti.oː]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTRUCTIO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈstruk.t͡si.o]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#INSTRUCTIO

Noun

īnstrūctiō f (genitive īnstrūctiōnis)Category:Latin lemmas#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Latin nouns#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Latin third declension nouns#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Latin feminine nouns in the third declension#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Latin feminine nouns#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Pages with entries#INSTRUCTIOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#INSTRUCTIO; third declension

1. A constructing, erecting, building, insertion.
2. An arranging, planting, setting in array; formation.
3. (figuratively) An instruction, training.

References

• “instructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “instructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “instructio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• instructio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016