struo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *strowō[1] (with spurious c in struxī and structum), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to strew, to spread out”). Cognate with Old English strewian (English strew), Old Norse strá.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstru.oː/, [ˈstrʊ.oː]

Verb

struō (present infinitive struere, perfect active struxī, supine structum); third conjugation

  1. I compose, construct, build
  2. I ready, prepare
  3. I place, arrange

Usage notes

In Classical texts, the only passive forms for this verb are the third-person singular and plural. Please note that there is a disagreement over whether or not there is a macron on the third and fourth principal parts and the subsequent verb forms from these (strūxī for struxī and strūctum for structum).

Inflection
   Conjugation of struo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present struō struis struit struimus struitis struunt
imperfect struēbam struēbās struēbat struēbāmus struēbātis struēbant
future struam struēs struet struēmus struētis struent
perfect struxī struxistī struxit struximus struxistis struxērunt, struxēre
pluperfect struxeram struxerās struxerat struxerāmus struxerātis struxerant
future perfect struxerō struxeris struxerit struxerimus struxeritis struxerint
passive present struor strueris, struere struitur struimur struiminī struuntur
imperfect struēbar struēbāris, struēbāre struēbātur struēbāmur struēbāminī struēbantur
future struar struēris, struēre struētur struēmur struēminī struentur
perfect structus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect structus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect structus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present struam struās struat struāmus struātis struant
imperfect struerem struerēs strueret struerēmus struerētis struerent
perfect struxerim struxerīs struxerit struxerimus struxeritis struxerint
pluperfect struxissem struxissēs struxisset struxissēmus struxissētis struxissent
passive present struar struāris, struāre struātur struāmur struāminī struantur
imperfect struerer struerēris, struerēre struerētur struerēmur struerēminī struerentur
perfect structus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect structus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — strue — — struite —
future — struitō struitō — struitōte struuntō
passive present — struere — — struiminī —
future — struitor struitor — — struuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives struere struxisse structūrus esse struī structus esse structum īrī
participles struēns — structūrus — structus struendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
struere struendī struendō struendum structum structū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Galician: estrar
  • Welsh: ystryw

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Further reading
  • struo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • struo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • struo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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