constipo
See also: constipó
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈstiː.poː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈst̪iː.po]
Verb
cōnstīpō (present infinitive cōnstīpāre, perfect active cōnstīpāvī, supine cōnstīpātum); first conjugation
- to crowd or press closely together
- (Medieval Latin) to constipate
Conjugation
Conjugation of cōnstīpō (first 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
- first-person singular present indicative of constipar