construo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From con- (“with”) + struō (“pile up, arrange; build, erect”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.stru.oː/, [ˈkõːs̠t̪ruoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.stru.o/, [ˈkɔnst̪ruo]
Verb edit
cōnstruō (present infinitive cōnstruere, perfect active cōnstrūxī, supine cōnstrūctum); third conjugation
- to heap, bring, collect or gather together
- to construct, build, fabricate, erect
- (grammar) to connect, construct
Usage notes edit
In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural.
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Crimean Tatar: konstruirlemek
- → Dutch: construeren
- → English: construct, construe
- Esperanto: konstrui
- French: construire
- Galician: construír
- → German: konstruieren
- Italian: costruire
- Portuguese: construir
- Romanian: construi
- Sicilian: custrujiri
- Spanish: construir
References edit
- “construo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “construo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- construo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
construo
- first-person singular present indicative of construir; "I build, I construct"