Latin

Verb

obstruō ‎(present infinitive obstruere, perfect active obstruxī, supine obstructum); third conjugation

1. I block
2. I barricade
3. I obstruct

Inflection

Descendants

• French: obstruer
• Spanish: obstruir

References

• obstruo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obstruo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obstruo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to obstruct a road; to close a route: iter obstruere
    
  • to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
    
  • to obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building: luminibus alicuius obstruere, officere
    
  • to barricade the gates: portas obstruere (B. G. 5. 50)
    

Portuguese

Verb

obstruo

1. first-person singular present indicative of obstruir