substruo

Latin

Etymology

sub- +‎ struo

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsub.stru.oː/, [ˈs̠ʊps̠t̪ruoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsub.stru.o/, [ˈsubst̪ruo]

Verb

substruō (present infinitive substruere, perfect active substrūxī, supine substrūctum); third conjugation

1. to build underneath

Conjugation

Conjugation of substruō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	substruō	substruis	substruit	substruimus	substruitis	substruunt
	imperfect	substruēbam	substruēbās	substruēbat	substruēbāmus	substruēbātis	substruēbant
	future	substruam	substruēs	substruet	substruēmus	substruētis	substruent
	perfect	substrūxī	substrūxistī	substrūxit	substrūximus	substrūxistis	substrūxērunt, substrūxēre
	pluperfect	substrūxeram	substrūxerās	substrūxerat	substrūxerāmus	substrūxerātis	substrūxerant
	future perfect	substrūxerō	substrūxeris	substrūxerit	substrūxerimus	substrūxeritis	substrūxerint
passive	present	substruor	substrueris, substruere	substruitur	substruimur	substruiminī	substruuntur
	imperfect	substruēbar	substruēbāris, substruēbāre	substruēbātur	substruēbāmur	substruēbāminī	substruēbantur
	future	substruar	substruēris, substruēre	substruētur	substruēmur	substruēminī	substruentur
	perfect	substrūctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	substrūctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	substrūctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	substruam	substruās	substruat	substruāmus	substruātis	substruant
	imperfect	substruerem	substruerēs	substrueret	substruerēmus	substruerētis	substruerent
	perfect	substrūxerim	substrūxerīs	substrūxerit	substrūxerīmus	substrūxerītis	substrūxerint
	pluperfect	substrūxissem	substrūxissēs	substrūxisset	substrūxissēmus	substrūxissētis	substrūxissent
passive	present	substruar	substruāris, substruāre	substruātur	substruāmur	substruāminī	substruantur
	imperfect	substruerer	substruerēris, substruerēre	substruerētur	substruerēmur	substruerēminī	substruerentur
	perfect	substrūctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	substrūctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	substrue	—	—	substruite	—
	future	—	substruitō	substruitō	—	substruitōte	substruuntō
passive	present	—	substruere	—	—	substruiminī	—
	future	—	substruitor	substruitor	—	—	substruuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		substruere	substrūxisse	substrūctūrum esse	substruī	substrūctum esse	substrūctum īrī
participles		substruēns	—	substrūctūrus	—	substrūctus	substruendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		substruendī	substruendō	substruendum	substruendō	substrūctum	substrūctū

Derived terms

• substrūctiō

References

• “substruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “substruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• substruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a gravel path: substruere viam glarea (Liv. 41. 27)