instans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of īnstō.

Participle

īnstāns (genitive īnstantis, adverb īnstanter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. standing or pressing upon
2. urging, pursuing, insisting
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.503–504:

     tālis erat Dīdō, tālem sē laeta ferēbat
     per mediōs, īnstāns operī rēgnīsque futūrīs.

     [Much like Diana] was Dido, [and] as such, with joy she was advancing amid the throng, and urging [them] to toil for the forthcoming kingdom [of Carthage].

3. (by extension) eager, urgent
4. (by extension) present

   Synonym: praesēns

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	īnstāns			īnstantēs	īnstantia
Genitive	īnstantis			īnstantium
Dative	īnstantī			īnstantibus
Accusative	īnstantem	īnstāns		īnstantēs īnstantīs	īnstantia
Ablative	īnstante īnstantī1			īnstantibus
Vocative	īnstāns			īnstantēs	īnstantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “instans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “instans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• instans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz.

Noun

instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instanser, definite plural instansene)

1. an authority
2. an instance

References

• “instans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz.

Noun

instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instansar, definite plural instansane)

1. an authority
2. an instance

References

• “instans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

instans c

1. an instance

Declension

Declension of instans
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	instans	instansen	instanser	instanserna
Genitive	instans	instansens	instansers	instansernas

Related terms

• förstainstansrätt

References

• instans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• instans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• instans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)