institūtio, ōnis, f. instituo, disposition, arrangement (class.): rerum, Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35.

— Custom, manner: institutionem suam conservare, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 10.

— Instruction, education: doctoris, Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 35: puerilis, id. ib. 2, 1, 1: de aliqua re, id. Off. 1, 2, 7.

— Principles, elements of instruction: complures Graecis institutionibus eruditi, Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 8: ex institutione Stoica se agere, Sen. Ben. 2, 20, 2.

— Induction, appointment: heredis, Just. Inst. 1, 14, 3; Gai. Inst. 2, 116 sqq.