constipo

See also: constipó

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ stīpō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈstiː.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈstiː.po]

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: comprimō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnstīpō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnstīpō		cōnstīpās		cōnstīpat		cōnstīpāmus		cōnstīpātis		cōnstīpant
	imperfect	cōnstīpābam		cōnstīpābās		cōnstīpābat		cōnstīpābāmus		cōnstīpābātis		cōnstīpābant
	future	cōnstīpābō		cōnstīpābis		cōnstīpābit		cōnstīpābimus		cōnstīpābitis		cōnstīpābunt
	perfect	cōnstīpāvī		cōnstīpāvistī		cōnstīpāvit		cōnstīpāvimus		cōnstīpāvistis		cōnstīpāvērunt, cōnstīpāvēre
	pluperfect	cōnstīpāveram		cōnstīpāverās		cōnstīpāverat		cōnstīpāverāmus		cōnstīpāverātis		cōnstīpāverant
	future perfect	cōnstīpāverō		cōnstīpāveris		cōnstīpāverit		cōnstīpāverimus		cōnstīpāveritis		cōnstīpāverint
passive	present	cōnstīpor		cōnstīpāris, cōnstīpāre		cōnstīpātur		cōnstīpāmur		cōnstīpāminī		cōnstīpantur
	imperfect	cōnstīpābar		cōnstīpābāris, cōnstīpābāre		cōnstīpābātur		cōnstīpābāmur		cōnstīpābāminī		cōnstīpābantur
	future	cōnstīpābor		cōnstīpāberis, cōnstīpābere		cōnstīpābitur		cōnstīpābimur		cōnstīpābiminī		cōnstīpābuntur
	perfect	cōnstīpātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnstīpātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnstīpātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnstīpem		cōnstīpēs		cōnstīpet		cōnstīpēmus		cōnstīpētis		cōnstīpent
	imperfect	cōnstīpārem		cōnstīpārēs		cōnstīpāret		cōnstīpārēmus		cōnstīpārētis		cōnstīpārent
	perfect	cōnstīpāverim		cōnstīpāverīs		cōnstīpāverit		cōnstīpāverīmus		cōnstīpāverītis		cōnstīpāverint
	pluperfect	cōnstīpāvissem		cōnstīpāvissēs		cōnstīpāvisset		cōnstīpāvissēmus		cōnstīpāvissētis		cōnstīpāvissent
passive	present	cōnstīper		cōnstīpēris, cōnstīpēre		cōnstīpētur		cōnstīpēmur		cōnstīpēminī		cōnstīpentur
	imperfect	cōnstīpārer		cōnstīpārēris, cōnstīpārēre		cōnstīpārētur		cōnstīpārēmur		cōnstīpārēminī		cōnstīpārentur
	perfect	cōnstīpātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnstīpātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnstīpā		—		—		cōnstīpāte		—
	future	—		cōnstīpātō		cōnstīpātō		—		cōnstīpātōte		cōnstīpantō
passive	present	—		cōnstīpāre		—		—		cōnstīpāminī		—
	future	—		cōnstīpātor		cōnstīpātor		—		—		cōnstīpantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnstīpāre			cōnstīpārī			cōnstīpāns			—
future		cōnstīpātūrum esse			cōnstīpātum īrī			cōnstīpātūrus			cōnstīpandus
perfect		cōnstīpāvisse			cōnstīpātum esse			—			cōnstīpātus
future perfect		—			cōnstīpātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnstīpātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnstīpandī		cōnstīpandō		cōnstīpandum		cōnstīpandō		cōnstīpātum		cōnstīpātū

Derived terms

• constīpātiō

Descendants

• → English: constipate
• → French: constiper
• → Italian: costipare
• → Old French: costever, costiver
  • → Middle English: costive
    • English: costive
• → Old Spanish: costibar
  • Spanish: costribar
• → 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