obstaculum

== Latin == === Etymology === From obstō +‎ -culum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈstaː.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈstaː.ku.lum] === Noun === obstāculum n (genitive obstāculī); second declension obstacle, hindrance Synonyms: impedīmentum, mora ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== obstāns obstantia obstetrīx obstō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “obstaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "obstaculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “obstaculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.