verbthird conjugation
obstruō
obstruō (present infinitive obstruere, perfect active obstrūxī, supine obstrūctum)
Classical[ˈɔp.stru.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔb.stru.o]
Meaning
- to build before or against; build, block, or wall up; stop up, barricade, render impassable
- to obstruct, stop up, hinder, impede
[...] Sed nūllīs ille movētur / flētibus, aut vōcēs ūllās tractābilis audit: / Fāta obstant, placidāsque virī deus obstruit aurīs.
But [Aeneas] was moved by no tears, and yields to none of the pleas he is hearing: The Fates oppose [it], and a god obstructs the man’s placid ears.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.438–440
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
viam claudōobstruō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 15
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obstruō | obstruēbam | obstruam | obstrūxī | obstrūxeram | obstrūxerō |
| 2nd sg. | obstruis | obstruēbās | obstruēs | obstrūxistī | obstrūxerās | obstrūxeris |
| 3rd sg. | obstruit | obstruēbat | obstruet | obstrūxit | obstrūxerat | obstrūxerit |
| 1st pl. | obstruimus | obstruēbāmus | obstruēmus | obstrūximus | obstrūxerāmus | obstrūxerimus |
| 2nd pl. | obstruitis | obstruēbātis | obstruētis | obstrūxistis | obstrūxerātis | obstrūxeritis |
| 3rd pl. | obstruunt | obstruēbant | obstruent | obstrūxērunt obstrūxēre | obstrūxerant | obstrūxerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obstruam | obstruerem | obstrūxerim | obstrūxissem |
| 2nd sg. | obstruās | obstruerēs | obstrūxerīs | obstrūxissēs |
| 3rd sg. | obstruat | obstrueret | obstrūxerit | obstrūxisset |
| 1st pl. | obstruāmus | obstruerēmus | obstrūxerīmus | obstrūxissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | obstruātis | obstruerētis | obstrūxerītis | obstrūxissētis |
| 3rd pl. | obstruant | obstruerent | obstrūxerint | obstrūxissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obstruor | obstruēbar | obstruar |
| 2nd sg. | obstrueris obstruere | obstruēbāris obstruēbāre | obstruēris obstruēre |
| 3rd sg. | obstruitur | obstruēbātur | obstruētur |
| 1st pl. | obstruimur | obstruēbāmur | obstruēmur |
| 2nd pl. | obstruiminī | obstruēbāminī | obstruēminī |
| 3rd pl. | obstruuntur | obstruēbantur | obstruentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obstruar | obstruerer |
| 2nd sg. | obstruāris obstruāre | obstruerēris obstruerēre |
| 3rd sg. | obstruātur | obstruerētur |
| 1st pl. | obstruāmur | obstruerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | obstruāminī | obstruerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | obstruantur | obstruerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | obstrue | obstruere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | obstruite | obstruiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | obstruitō | obstruitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | obstruitō | obstruitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | obstruitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | obstruuntō | obstruuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | obstruere | obstruī |
| perfect infinitive | obstrūxisse | obstrūctum esse |
| future infinitive | obstrūctūrum esse | obstrūctum īrī |
| present participle | obstruēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | obstrūctus obstrūcta, obstrūctā, obstrūctae, obstrūctam, obstrūctārum, obstrūctās, obstrūcte, obstrūctī, obstrūctīs, obstrūctō, obstrūctōrum, obstrūctōs |
| future participle | obstrūctūrus obstrūctūra, obstrūctūrā, obstrūctūrae, obstrūctūram, obstrūctūrārum, obstrūctūrās, obstrūctūre, obstrūctūrī, obstrūctūrīs, obstrūctūrō, obstrūctūrōrum, obstrūctūrōs, obstrūctūrum | obstruendus obstruenda, obstruendā, obstruendae, obstruendam, obstruendārum, obstruendās, obstruende, obstruendīs, obstruendōrum, obstruendōs |
gerundobstruendī, obstruendō, obstruendumsupineobstrūctum, obstrūctū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- iter obstruere
- to obstruct a road; to close a route.
- valvas (portam) obstruere
- to barricade a door (a city-gate).
- portas obstruere (B. G. 5. 50)
- to barricade the gates.
- luminibus alicuius obstruere, officere
- to obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building.
ob-strŭo (opstr-), xi, ctum, 3,
I. v. a., to build before or against; to build, block, or wall up; to stop up, barricade, render impassable (class.; cf. obsaepio, claudo, oppilo).
I. Lit.:
validum pro diruto obstruentes murum, Liv. 38, 29: frontem castrorum auxiliis, id. 5, 1.—Esp., to build before so as to obstruct the light: obstructae fenestrae, Varr. R. R. 1, 4: FENESTRAS OPSTRVITO, Lex. Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 2: luminibus alicujus, Cic. Dom. 44: jus luminum obstruendorum redimere, to purchase permission of a neighbor to build so as to obstruct his light, Inscr. Guarin. Comment. in Vet. Monument. 1, p. 64: portas, Caes. B. C. 1, 27: valvas aedis. Nep. Paus. 5: aditus, Cic. Brut. 4, 16: flumina, Caes. B. C. 3, 48: aquarum venas, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49: saxa, placed in the way, Ov. M. 3, 570: cujus aures morbus obstruxit, has stopped up, made deaf, Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 2: os obstruere, to close the mouth, to make silent, Vulg. Psa. 62, 12; id. Rom. 3, 19.—II. Trop., to stop up, hinder, impede, obstruct:
Catonis luminibus obstruxit haec posteriorum quasi exaggerata altius oratio, was a hinderance to, Cic. Brut. 17, 66: viri deus obstruit aures, stops, renders deaf, inexorable, Verg. A. 4, 440: perfugia improborum, shuts off, Cic. Sull. 28, 79: cognitionem difficultatibus, to impede, obstruct, id. Ac. 2, 3, 7: mentes, Tac. H. 3, 21.—b. Intr., to be in the way:
si officiens signis mons obstruet altus, Cic. Arat. 44.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ob-struō (opstr-) ūxī, ūctus, ere,
to build against, build up, block, stop up, bar, barricade, make impassable: novum murum, L.: frontem castrorum auxiliis, L.: turrīs, Cs.: luminibus eius: valvas aedis, N.: obstructa saxa, placed in the way, O.—Fig., to stop up, hinder, impede, obstruct: Catonis luminibus obstruxit haec oratio, was a hinderance to: viri deus obstruit aurīs, renders inexorable, V.: huic spiritus oris obstruitur, V.: perfugia improborum, shuts off.
Origins
From ob- + struō.
Descendants
- Catalanobstruir
- Englishobstruct
- Frenchobstruer
- Italianostruire
- Portugueseobstruir
- Spanishobstruir
- Galicianobstruír
- Sicilianastrùjiri