construo

== Latin == === Etymology === From con- (“with”) + struō (“pile up, arrange; build, erect”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkõː.stru.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.stru.o] === Verb === cōnstruō (present infinitive cōnstruere, perfect active cōnstrūxī, supine cōnstrūctum); third conjugation to heap, bring, collect or gather together Synonyms: cōgō, glomerō, compellō, congerō, contrahō, colligō, coniungō, cōnferō, reficiō to construct, build, fabricate, erect Synonyms: aedificō, exaedificō, inaedificō, cōnstituō, struō, condō, compōnō, fundō, statuō, exstruō, mōlior (grammar) to connect, construct ==== Usage notes ==== In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cōnstrūctiō cōnstrūctus ==== Related terms ==== dēstruō īnstruō struō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “construo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “construo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “construo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Verb === construo first-person singular present indicative of construir