constructio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈstruːk.ti.oː/, [kõːˈs̠t̪ruːkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈstruk.t͡si.o/, [konˈst̪rukt̪͡s̪io]
Noun edit
cōnstrūctiō f (genitive cōnstrūctiōnis); third declension
- The act of putting, placing or joining together.
- A building, construction.
- (grammar) A grammatical connection; construction.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōnstrūctiō | cōnstrūctiōnēs |
| Genitive | cōnstrūctiōnis | cōnstrūctiōnum |
| Dative | cōnstrūctiōnī | cōnstrūctiōnibus |
| Accusative | cōnstrūctiōnem | cōnstrūctiōnēs |
| Ablative | cōnstrūctiōne | cōnstrūctiōnibus |
| Vocative | cōnstrūctiō | cōnstrūctiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: construcció
- Danish: konstruktion
- Dutch: constructie
- English: construction
- → Mongolian: констракшн (konstrakšn)
- French: construction
- Galician: construción
- German: Konstruktion
- Italian: costruzione
- Portuguese: construção
- Romanian: construcție
- Russian: констру́кция (konstrúkcija)
- Spanish: construcción
References edit
- “constructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “constructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- constructio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the construction: constructio, structura verborum, forma dicendi
- the construction: constructio, structura verborum, forma dicendi