obstruo
Latin
Etymology
From ob- + struō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.stru.oː/, [ˈɔps̠t̪ruoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.stru.o/, [ˈɔbst̪ruo]
Verb
obstruō (present infinitive obstruere, perfect active obstrūxī, supine obstrūctum); third conjugation
- I build before or against; build, block, or wall up; stop up, barricade, render impassable
- Synonyms: claudō, obstō, intersaepio, officiō, premō, assideō, obsideō
- I obstruct, stop up, hinder, impede
- Synonyms: saepiō, obstō, impediō, arceō, intersaepio, inclūdō, perimō, officiō, comprimō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of obstruō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | obstruō | obstruis | obstruit | obstruimus | obstruitis | obstruunt |
| imperfect | obstruēbam | obstruēbās | obstruēbat | obstruēbāmus | obstruēbātis | obstruēbant | |
| future | obstruam | obstruēs | obstruet | obstruēmus | obstruētis | obstruent | |
| perfect | obstrūxī | obstrūxistī | obstrūxit | obstrūximus | obstrūxistis | obstrūxērunt, obstrūxēre | |
| pluperfect | obstrūxeram | obstrūxerās | obstrūxerat | obstrūxerāmus | obstrūxerātis | obstrūxerant | |
| future perfect | obstrūxerō | obstrūxeris | obstrūxerit | obstrūxerimus | obstrūxeritis | obstrūxerint | |
| passive | present | obstruor | obstrueris, obstruere | obstruitur | obstruimur | obstruiminī | obstruuntur |
| imperfect | obstruēbar | obstruēbāris, obstruēbāre | obstruēbātur | obstruēbāmur | obstruēbāminī | obstruēbantur | |
| future | obstruar | obstruēris, obstruēre | obstruētur | obstruēmur | obstruēminī | obstruentur | |
| perfect | obstrūctus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | obstrūctus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | obstrūctus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | obstruam | obstruās | obstruat | obstruāmus | obstruātis | obstruant |
| imperfect | obstruerem | obstruerēs | obstrueret | obstruerēmus | obstruerētis | obstruerent | |
| perfect | obstrūxerim | obstrūxerīs | obstrūxerit | obstrūxerīmus | obstrūxerītis | obstrūxerint | |
| pluperfect | obstrūxissem | obstrūxissēs | obstrūxisset | obstrūxissēmus | obstrūxissētis | obstrūxissent | |
| passive | present | obstruar | obstruāris, obstruāre | obstruātur | obstruāmur | obstruāminī | obstruantur |
| imperfect | obstruerer | obstruerēris, obstruerēre | obstruerētur | obstruerēmur | obstruerēminī | obstruerentur | |
| perfect | obstrūctus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | obstrūctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | obstrue | — | — | obstruite | — |
| future | — | obstruitō | obstruitō | — | obstruitōte | obstruuntō | |
| passive | present | — | obstruere | — | — | obstruiminī | — |
| future | — | obstruitor | obstruitor | — | — | obstruuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | obstruere | obstrūxisse | obstrūctūrum esse | obstruī | obstrūctum esse | obstrūctum īrī | |
| participles | obstruēns | — | obstrūctūrus | — | obstrūctus | obstruendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| obstruendī | obstruendō | obstruendum | obstruendō | obstrūctum | obstrūctū | ||
Descendants
- Catalan: obstruir
- English: obstruct
- French: obstruer
- Galician: obstruír
- Italian: ostruire
- Portuguese: obstruir
- Spanish: obstruir
References
- “obstruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obstruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obstruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to obstruct a road; to close a route: iter obstruere
- to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
- to obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building: luminibus alicuius obstruere, officere
- to barricade the gates: portas obstruere (B. G. 5. 50)
- to obstruct a road; to close a route: iter obstruere
Portuguese
Verb
obstruo
- first-person singular present indicative of obstruir