LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cōnstrūctiō

cōnstrūctiō f (genitive cōnstrūctiōnis)
Classical[kõːˈstruːk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[konˈstruk.t͡si.o]

Meaning

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

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecōnstrūctiōcōnstrūctiōnēs
genitivecōnstrūctiōniscōnstrūctiōnum
dativecōnstrūctiōnīcōnstrūctiōnibus
accusativecōnstrūctiōnemcōnstrūctiōnēs
ablativecōnstrūctiōnecōnstrūctiōnibus
vocativecōnstrūctiōcōnstrūctiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

constructio, structura verborum, forma dicendi
the construction.

constructĭo, ōnis, f. construo,
I. a putting or placing together, a joining together (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).
I. Lit. (rare): lapidum, Sen. Cons. Polyb. 18 (37), 2.—
II. Transf., an erecting, building, construction: hominis, Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86: ejus (gymnasii), Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 2.—In plur., Pall. Nov. 22, 1. —
III. Trop.
A. Of discourse, a fit connection: verborum constructio et numerus, Cic. Or. 12, 37: oratio conformanda non solum electione, sed constructione verborum, id. de Or. 1, 5, 17; id. Brut. 78, 272; and absol.: nolo tam minuta haec constructio appareat, id. Or. 44, 150; Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—
B. In gram., grammatical connection, construction ( = conformatio verborum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151), Prisc. p. 1061 sq. P. et saep.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnstrūctiō From cōnstruō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanconstrucció
  • Englishconstruction
  • Frenchconstruction
  • GermanKonstruktion
  • Italiancostruzione
  • Portugueseconstrução
  • Romanianconstrucție
  • Spanishconstrucción
  • Danishkonstruktion
  • Dutchconstructie

Quick answers

What does cōnstrūctiō mean in Latin?
cōnstrūctiō, a noun, means “The act of putting, placing or joining together.; A building, construction.; A grammatical connection”.
What is the genitive of cōnstrūctiō?
The genitive singular is cōnstrūctiōnis. cōnstrūctiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cōnstrūctiō?
In classical Latin, [kõːˈstruːk.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [konˈstruk.t͡si.o].