construo

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cōnstruō (present infinitive cōnstruere, perfect active cōnstrūxī, supine cōnstrūctum); third conjugation

    1. to heap, bring, collect or gather together
      Synonyms: cōgō, glomerō, compellō, congerō, contrahō, colligō, coniungō, cōnferō, reficiō
    2. to construct, build, fabricate, erect
      Synonyms: aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, cōnstituō, struō, condō, compōnō, fundō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior
    3. (grammar) to 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 infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present cōnstruere cōnstruī cōnstruēns —
    future cōnstrūctūrum esse cōnstrūctum īrī cōnstrūctūrus cōnstruendus
    perfect cōnstrūxisse cōnstrūctum esse — cōnstrūctus
    future perfect — cōnstrūctum fore — —
    perfect potential cōnstrūctūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    cōnstruendī cōnstruendō cōnstruendum cōnstruendō cōnstrūctum cōnstrūctū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    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

    1. first-person singular present indicative of construir
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