instinctus

instinctus, a, um, Part., from instinguo.

instinctus, ūs, m. [instinguo],

• instigation, impulse (class.; mostly in abl. sing.): oracula, quae instinctu divino afflatuque funduntur, inspiration, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34; id. ib. 1, 6 fin.; 1, 31, 66: sine caelesti aliquo mentis instinctu, id. Tusc. 1, 26: instinctu decurionum, Tac. H. 1, 70: instinctibus daemonum, Lact. 4, 30: ex instinctu deorum dicere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 5.

īnstīnctus, ūs, m. (instinguo), die Anreizung, Eingebung, der Antrieb, instinctu divino, Cic.: instinctu decurionum, Tac.: non impetu et instinctu nec ore uno fluens, nicht aus Erregung u. Begeisterung u. einem Munde strömend, Tac. ann. 14, 16: instinctu Musarum, Lact.: instinctibus daemonum, Lact. 4, 30, 1: sequi classici vocantis instinctum, Ps. Quint. decl. 4, 19.

1 instinctus [CL] , instigation, prompting; b (by divine inspiration); c (by demonic influence). d (~us naturae or naturalis) prompting of nature, instinct. 1042 (12c) obsecrans ‥ ut nemo ‥ hoc nostrae devotionis donum aliquo temeritatis ‥ ~u disrumpat CD 762; ipse dono regis ‥ xij villas habuit, ‥ sed eas molimine et ~u Lanfranci ‥ idem rex ei abstulit H. Cantor f. 3v; W. Aucensis comes, ~u religiose conjugis sue L., abbatiam ‥ construxit Ord. Vit. III 1 p. 13; filius autem concubinam ‥ postea superinduxit, cujus ~u paulo post a domo sua, quam ipse fecerat, patrem ejecit Gir. SD 12.  b divino admonitus ~u Bede HE I 23 p. 42; cum ‥ divine miserationis ~u Petrus Dial. 1; Spiritus Sanctus in eis supplebat interiori ~u quod alii solent recipere per exteriorem doctrinam Gros. Hexaem. proem. 3; hoc credo factum est ‥ quodam divino motu vel instingtu Incept. Ox. 172.  c Aldh. VirgP 50 (v. fautor 2); ad ~um antichristi ‥ contra fidem dimicantibus Bede Hom. I 10. 52; 786 diabolico ~u Alcuin Ep. 3 p. 26; quidam monachus ‥ qui demoniaco ~u furtis reatum perpetravit Wulf. Æthelwold 33 (cf. Ælf. Æthelwold: monacus ‥ marsupium ‥ ~u demonico furatus est); 1075 ~u demonis et consilio pravorum hominum Lanfr. Ep. 41 (33A); ~u hostis generis humani Ockham Err. Papae 958.  d jus naturale, quod docuit omnia animalia natura, i. e. per ~um nature Bracton II f. 3b; anima intellectiva [dat signa] que proferuntur sine deliberacione, set quodam ~u naturali Bacon CSTheol. 40; ~u nature Ps.-Gros. Summa 478 (v. hexagonus a); miser ergo pictor per ignaviam impugnat ~um naturalis sollertie que viget in bestiis Malachy Ven. 14; thesaurus ‥ scientie, quem omnes homines per ~um nature desiderant R. Bury Phil. I 14.

2 instinctus v. instinguere

1 īnstīnctus, (16) a, um, part. de instinguo.

2 īnstīnctŭs, (12) ūs, m. , instigation, excitation, impulsion : Cic. Tusc. 1, 64 ; Tac. H. 1, 70 ; instinctu divino Cic. Div. 1, 34, par une inspiration divine.

instinctus , us. m.
招惹。本性之向。Divino instinctu 因天主默啓。

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īnstinctus (1)

• P. of instinguo.

instinctus ūs), m

• instinguo, instigation(only ablsing.): instinctu divino, by inspiration.