constipo

See also: constipó

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ stīpō.

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnstīpō (present infinitive cōnstīpāre, perfect active cōnstīpāvī, supine cōnstīpātum); first conjugation

  1. to crowd or press closely together
  2. (Medieval Latin) to constipate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • constīpātiō

Descendants

  • English: constipate
  • French: constiper
  • Italian: costipare
  • Old French: costever, costiver
  • Old Spanish: costibar
    • > Spanish: costribar (inherited)
  • Portuguese: constipar
  • Romanian: constipa
  • Spanish: constipar

References

  • constipo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • constipo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • constipo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

constipo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of constipar