construo
Latin
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From con- (“with”) + struō (“pile up, arrange; build, erect”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkon.stru.oː/, [ˈkõːs̠t̪ruoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.stru.o/, [ˈkɔnst̪ruo]
Verb
cōnstruō (present infinitive cōnstruere, perfect active cōnstrūxī, supine cōnstrūctum); third conjugation
- I heap, bring, collect or gather together.
- I construct, build, fabricate, erect.
- (grammar) I connect, construct.
Usage notes
In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Crimean Tatar: konstruirlemek
- English: construct, construe
- Esperanto: konstrui
- French: construire
- Galician: construír
- German: konstruieren
- Italian: costruire
- Portuguese: construir
- Romanian: construi
- Spanish: construir
References
- “construo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “construo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- construo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
construo