ob-structĭo

ōnis, f.

obstruo

I. a building before or against, a closing up by building, a blocking up.
I. Lit. (post-class.): corporum, Arn. 2, 63.—
II. Trop., an obstruction, a barrier: haec obstructio non diuturna est, Cic. Sest. 9, 22.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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