construo

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with”) + struō (“pile up, arrange; build, erect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkoːn.stru.oː/

Verb

present active cōnstruō, present infinitive cōnstruere, perfect active cōnstruxī, supine cōnstructum.

1. I heap, bring, collect or gather together.
2. I construct, build, fabricate, erect.
3. (grammar) I connect, construct.

Usage notes

In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural. Please note that there is a disagreement over whether or not there is a macron on the third and fourth principal parts and the subsequent verb forms from these (cōnstrūxī for cōnstruxī and cōnstrūctum for cōnstructum).

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnstruō	cōnstruis	cōnstruit	cōnstruimus	cōnstruitis	cōnstruunt
	future	cōnstruam	cōnstruēs	cōnstruet	cōnstruēmus	cōnstruētis	cōnstruent
	imperfect	cōnstruēbam	cōnstruēbās	cōnstruēbat	cōnstruēbāmus	cōnstruēbātis	cōnstruēbant
	perfect	cōnstruxī	cōnstruxistī	cōnstruxit	cōnstruximus	cōnstruxistis	cōnstruxērunt
	future perfect	cōnstruxerō	cōnstruxeris	cōnstruxerit	cōnstruxerimus	cōnstruxeritis	cōnstruxerint
	pluperfect	cōnstruxeram	cōnstruxerās	cōnstruxerat	cōnstruxerāmus	cōnstruxerātis	cōnstruxerant
passive	present	cōnstruor	cōnstrueris	cōnstruitur	cōnstruimur	cōnstruiminī	cōnstruuntur
	future	cōnstruar	cōnstruēris	cōnstruētur	cōnstruēmur	cōnstruēminī	cōnstruentur
	imperfect	cōnstruēbar	cōnstruēbāris	cōnstruēbātur	cōnstruēbāmur	cōnstruēbāminī	cōnstruēbantur
	perfect	Use cōnstructus m, cōnstructa f, cōnstructum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use cōnstructus m, cōnstructa f, cōnstructum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cōnstructus m, cōnstructa f, cōnstructum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnstruam	cōnstruās	cōnstruat	cōnstruāmus	cōnstruātis	cōnstruant
	imperfect	cōnstruerem	cōnstruerēs	cōnstrueret	cōnstruerēmus	cōnstruerētis	cōnstruerent
	perfect	cōnstruxerim	cōnstruxerīs	cōnstruxerit	cōnstruxerīmus	cōnstruxerītis	cōnstruxerint
	pluperfect	cōnstruxissem	cōnstruxissēs	cōnstruxisset	cōnstruxissēmus	cōnstruxissētis	cōnstruxissent
passive	present	cōnstruar	cōnstruāris	cōnstruātur	cōnstruāmur	cōnstruāminī	cōnstruantur
	imperfect	cōnstruerer	cōnstruerēris	cōnstruerētur	cōnstruerēmur	cōnstruerēminī	cōnstruerentur
	perfect	Use cōnstructus m, cōnstructa f, cōnstructum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cōnstructus m, cōnstructa f, cōnstructum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	cōnstrue	cōnstruitō	cōnstruitō	cōnstruere	cōnstruitor	cōnstruitor
	plural	cōnstruite	cōnstruitōte	cōnstruuntō	cōnstruiminī	—	cōnstruuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnstruere	cōnstruxisse	cōnstructūrus esse	cōnstruī	cōnstructus esse	cōnstructum īrī
participles		cōnstruēns (cōnstruentis)	—	cōnstructūrus-ra, -rum	—	cōnstructus-a, -um	cōnstruendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• cōnstructiō
• cōnstructus

Related terms

• dēstruō
• īnstruō
• struō

Descendants

• Crimean Tatar: konstruirlemek
• English: construe
• Esperanto: konstrui
• French: construire
• German: konstruieren

• Italian: costruire
• Portuguese: construir
• Romanian: construi
• Spanish: construir

References

• construo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Portuguese

Verb

construo

1. first-person singular present indicative of construir