construo
Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with”) + struō (“pile up, arrange; build, erect”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.stru.oː/, [ˈkõː.strʊ.oː]
Verb
cōnstruō (present infinitive cōnstruere, perfect active cōnstrūxī, supine cōnstrūctum); third conjugation
- I heap, bring, collect or gather together.
- I construct, build, fabricate, erect.
- (grammar) I connect, construct.
Usage notes
In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of cōnstruō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cōnstruō | cōnstruis | cōnstruit | cōnstruimus | cōnstruitis | cōnstruunt |
| imperfect | cōnstruēbam | cōnstruēbās | cōnstruēbat | cōnstruēbāmus | cōnstruēbātis | cōnstruēbant | |
| future | cōnstruam | cōnstruēs | cōnstruet | cōnstruēmus | cōnstruētis | cōnstruent | |
| perfect | cōnstrūxī | cōnstrūxistī | cōnstrūxit | cōnstrūximus | cōnstrūxistis | cōnstrūxērunt, cōnstrūxēre | |
| pluperfect | cōnstrūxeram | cōnstrūxerās | cōnstrūxerat | cōnstrūxerāmus | cōnstrūxerātis | cōnstrūxerant | |
| future perfect | cōnstrūxerō | cōnstrūxeris | cōnstrūxerit | cōnstrūxerimus | cōnstrūxeritis | cōnstrūxerint | |
| passive | present | cōnstruor | cōnstrueris, cōnstruere | cōnstruitur | cōnstruimur | cōnstruiminī | cōnstruuntur |
| imperfect | cōnstruēbar | cōnstruēbāris, cōnstruēbāre | cōnstruēbātur | cōnstruēbāmur | cōnstruēbāminī | cōnstruēbantur | |
| future | cōnstruar | cōnstruēris, cōnstruēre | cōnstruētur | cōnstruēmur | cōnstruēminī | cōnstruentur | |
| perfect | cōnstrūctus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | cōnstrūctus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | cōnstrūctus + future active 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 | cōnstrūxerim | cōnstrūxerīs | cōnstrūxerit | cōnstrūxerīmus | cōnstrūxerītis | cōnstrūxerint | |
| pluperfect | cōnstrūxissem | cōnstrūxissēs | cōnstrūxisset | cōnstrūxissēmus | cōnstrūxissētis | cōnstrūxissent | |
| passive | present | cōnstruar | cōnstruāris, cōnstruāre | cōnstruātur | cōnstruāmur | cōnstruāminī | cōnstruantur |
| imperfect | cōnstruerer | cōnstruerēris, cōnstruerēre | cōnstruerētur | cōnstruerēmur | cōnstruerēminī | cōnstruerentur | |
| perfect | cōnstrūctus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | cōnstrūctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | cōnstrue | — | — | cōnstruite | — |
| future | — | cōnstruitō | cōnstruitō | — | cōnstruitōte | cōnstruuntō | |
| passive | present | — | cōnstruere | — | — | cōnstruiminī | — |
| future | — | cōnstruitor | cōnstruitor | — | — | cōnstruuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | cōnstruere | cōnstrūxisse | cōnstrūctūrus esse | cōnstruī | cōnstrūctus esse | cōnstrūctum īrī | |
| participles | cōnstruēns | — | cōnstrūctūrus | — | cōnstrūctus | cōnstruendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| cōnstruendī | cōnstruendō | cōnstruendum | cōnstruendō | cōnstrūctum | cōnstrūctū | ||
Derived terms
- cōnstrūctiō
- cōnstrūctus
Related terms
- dēstruō
- īnstruō
- struō
Descendants
- Crimean Tatar: konstruirlemek
- English: construct, construe
- Esperanto: konstrui
- French: construire
- Galician: construír
- German: konstruieren
- Italian: costruire
- Portuguese: construir
- Romanian: construi
- Spanish: construir
References
- 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
Verb
construo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of construir