constructio

Latin

Etymology

From cōnstruō + -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

cōnstrūctiō f (genitive cōnstrūctiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of putting, placing or joining together.
  2. A building, construction.
  3. (grammar) A grammatical connection; construction.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnstrūctiō cōnstrūctiōnēs
Genitive cōnstrūctiōnis cōnstrūctiōnum
Dative cōnstrūctiōnī cōnstrūctiōnibus
Accusative cōnstrūctiōnem cōnstrūctiōnēs
Ablative cōnstrūctiōne cōnstrūctiōnibus
Vocative cōnstrūctiō cōnstrūctiōnēs

Descendants

References

  • constructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • constructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • constructio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the construction: constructio, structura verborum, forma dicendi
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