(verb) : instĭtŭo, ŭi, ūtum (institivi, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 2), 3, in-statuo.
* To put or place into, to plant, fix, set (cf.: instruo, informo; class.): vestigia nuda sinistri Instituere pedis,Verg. A. 7, 690.— Trop.: argumenta in pectus multa institui, I have put, i. e. formed in my heart, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 2: quemquamne hominem in animum instituere, aut parare, i. e. to set his heart on (al. in animo), Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 13.
* To set up, erect, plant, establish, arrange: vestigia,Lucr. 4, 474: arborem,Suet. Galb. 1: pratum,Col. 2, 18, 3: jugera tercenta, ubi institui vineae possunt,Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67: portorium vini,to lay on, impose,id. Font. 5: instituit officinam Syracusis in regia maximam,founded, erected,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54: mercatum,id. Phil. 3, 12: codicem et conscribere,id. Rosc. Com. 2: bibliothecam,Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 10.
* Trop.
* To prepare, furnish, provide (viands, food, a feast, etc.): dapes,Verg. A. 7, 109: convivium,Just. 12, 13, 6: convivia jucunda,Suet. Tit. 7.
* Of troops, to draw up, arrange: tu actionem instituis, ille aciem instruit,Cic. Mur. 9: quartae aciei quam instituerat, signum dedit,Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 5.
* To provide, procure: quaestum,Cic. Quint. 3: aliquos sibi amicos,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 21: animum ad cogitandum,apply,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 10.
* To purpose, determine, resolve upon: in praesentia (Caesar) similem rationem operis instituit,Caes. B. C. 1, 42, 1. —With inf.: senex scribere historias instituit,Nep. Cat. 3: quaerere tempus ejus interficiendi,id. Alcib. 5: montanos oppugnare,Liv. 28, 46: habere secum,Caes. B. G. 7, 13, 1: coronas ad ipsum mittere,Suet. Ner. 22.— With object-clause: frumentum plebi dari,Vell. 2, 6, 3.
* To order, govern, administer, regulate: sapienter vitam instituit,Ter. And. 1, 1, 40: libri de civitatibus instituendis,Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 86: mores,Quint. 1, 2, 2: familiam,id. 10, 3, 9.
* To teach, instruct, train up, educate: sic tu instituis adulescentes?Cic. Cael. 17, 39: oratorem, Quint.1, 1, 21.—With inf.: Latine loqui,Col. 1, 1, 12: Pan primus calamos cerā conjungere plures Instituit,Verg. E. 2, 32; 5, 30; id. G. 1, 148: amphora fumum bibere instituta Consule Tullo,Hor. C. 3, 8, 11: cum tibiis canere voce instituit,Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—With abl.: aliquem disciplinis Graecis,Quint. 1, 1, 12: lyrā,id. 1, 10, 13: disciplina Romana,Suet. Caes. 24.—With ad: aliquem ad dicendum,Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162: aliquem artibus et moribus,Juv. 14, 74: filios instituere atque erudire ad majorum instituta,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69; § 161: ad lectionem,Quint. 1, 7, 17.— With ut or ne and subj.: quem tu a puero sic instituisses, ut nobili ne gladiatori quidem faveret,Cic. Quint. 21, 69: pueros, ut, etc.,Suet. Tib. 44; id. Aug. 64: nos, ne quem coleremus, etc.,Sall. J. 14, 18.—Of animals: boves,Col. 6, 2, 8 al.

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