constipo

See also: constipó

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin stīpō

Latin cōnstīpō

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

to crowd or press closely together
(Medieval Latin) to constipate
Synonym: comprimō

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnstīpō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	cōnstīpā		—	—	cōnstīpāte		—
active	future	—	cōnstīpātō		cōnstīpātō	—	cōnstīpātōte		cōnstīpantō
passive	present	—	cōnstīpāre		—	—	cōnstīpāminī		—
passive	future	—	cōnstīpātor		cōnstīpātor	—	—		cōnstīpantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

first-person singular present indicative of constipar