instantia

Latin

Etymology

From īnstāns (present active participle of īnstō) +‎ -ia.

Noun

īnstantia f (genitive īnstantiae); first declension

  1. a being near, presence
  2. perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnstantia īnstantiae
Genitive īnstantiae īnstantiārum
Dative īnstantiae īnstantiīs
Accusative īnstantiam īnstantiās
Ablative īnstantiā īnstantiīs
Vocative īnstantia īnstantiae

Descendants

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’s 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
  • instance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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