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obstructio
obstructio
Latin
Noun
obstructiō f (genitive obstructiōnis); third declension
- The act of closing up by building; a blocking up.
- (figuratively) An obstruction, barrier, hindrance.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | obstructiō | obstructiōnēs |
| genitive | obstructiōnis | obstructiōnum |
| dative | obstructiōnī | obstructiōnibus |
| accusative | obstructiōnem | obstructiōnēs |
| ablative | obstructiōne | obstructiōnibus |
| vocative | obstructiō | obstructiōnēs |
Descendants
- Italian: ostruzione
- Russian: обструкция (obstrukcija)
References
- obstructio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obstructio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obstructio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.