obstructio

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

obstrūctiō f (genitive obstrūctiōnis); third declension

1. The act of closing up by building; a blocking up.
2. (figuratively) An obstruction, barrier, hindrance.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	obstrūctiō	obstrūctiōnēs
Genitive	obstrūctiōnis	obstrūctiōnum
Dative	obstrūctiōnī	obstrūctiōnibus
Accusative	obstrūctiōnem	obstrūctiōnēs
Ablative	obstrūctiōne	obstrūctiōnibus
Vocative	obstrūctiō	obstrūctiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: obstrucció
• French: obstruction
• Galician: obstrución
• Italian: ostruzione
• Portuguese: obstrução
• Russian: обструкция (obstrukcija)
• Spanish: obstrucción

References

• “obstructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obstructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obstructio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.