īnstituō uī, ūtus, ere 1 in+statuo, to put in place, plant, fix, set: vestigia nuda sinistri pedis, V.: hominem in animum, i. e. to set one's heart on, T.

—Of troops, to draw up, arrange: duplici acie institutā, Cs.: quam (aciem) sex cohortium, Cs.

— To set up, erect, plant, found, establish, arrange: ubi institui vineae possunt: officinam Syracusis: Amphora fumum bibere instituta, set, H.

—To make, build, fabricate, construct: navīs, Cs.: turrīs, Cs.: amphora coepit Institui, H.: delectum, Cs.

—To make ready, prepare, furnish, provide: pilorum numerus instituitur, Cs.: dapes, V.

— Fig., to institute, found, establish, organize, set up: alii illis domi honores instituti, S.: instituta sacrificia, Cs.: magistratum: nostro more institutus exercitus, organized: Saturnalia institutus festus dies, L.: sacros ludos, O.

—To constitute, appoint, designate, single out: eum testamento heredem, S.: ut ille filius instituatur, be adopted: tutorem liberis.

—To ordain: Arcesilas instituit, ut ii, qui, etc.: institutum est, ut fierent (quaestores), L.: antiquitus institutum videtur, ne quis, etc., Cs.

— To undertake, begin, commence: ut instituimus, pergamus: pontem instituit, biduo perfecit, Cs.: historia nec institui potest sine, etc.: iter, H.: cum populo R. amicitiam, S.: mutare res inter se instituerant, had opened commerce, S.: institui Topica conscribere: si quae mulier conviviis uti instituerit, made it a practice.

—To purpose, determine, resolve upon: decernite, ut instituistis: ut instituerat, according to his custom, Cs.: ab instituto cursu, purposed: quos habere secum instituerat, Cs.

—To order, govern, administer, regulate, control, direct: Sapienter vitam, T.: libri de civitatibus instituendis.

—To teach, instruct, train up, educate: sic tu instituis adulescentīs?: ita Helvetios a maioribus institutos esse, uti, etc., Cs.: calamos cerā coniungere, V.: artibus hunc, Iu.: de isto genere, to give instruction: eos ad maiorum instituta: alquem sic ut, etc.: nos, ne quem coleremus, S.