obstructio
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obstrūctĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (obstruo), action d’enfermer : Arn. 2, 63 || [fig.] voile, dissimulation : Cic. Sest. 22.
Latin > German (Georges)
obstrūctio, ōnis, f. (obstruo), das Verbauen, Verschließen, der Verschluß, das Einschließen, haec obstructio non diuturna est, Cic. Sest. 22. – m. subj. Genet., corporum, Arnob. 2, 28.
