obstructio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
obstrūctiō f (genitive obstrūctiōnis); third declension
- The act of closing up by building; a blocking up.
- (figuratively) An obstruction, barrier, hindrance.
Declension edit
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 edit
- Catalan: obstrucció
- Dutch: obstructie
- English: obstruction
- French: obstruction
- Friulian: ostruzion
- Galician: obstrución
- German: Obstruktion
- Italian: ostruzione
- Lombard: ostruzzion
- Portuguese: obstrução
- Romanian: obstrucție
- Russian: обструкция (obstrukcija)
- Spanish: obstrucción
References edit
- “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.