obstructio
Latin
Etymology
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Noun
obstrūctiō f (genitive obstrūctiōnis); third declension
- The act of closing up by building; a blocking up.
- (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.