Latin

Noun

obstāculum n ‎(genitive obstāculī); second declension

1. obstacle, hindrance

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (obstacle): impedīmentum

Related terms

• obstāns
• obstantia
• obstetrīx
• obstō

Descendants

• English: obstacle
• French: obstacle
• Italian: ostacolo
• Spanish: obstáculo

References

• obstaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• OBSTACULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obstaculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.