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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnstruere cōnstrūxisse cōnstrūctūrum esse cōnstruī cōnstrūctum 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

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; "I build, I construct"
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