exstructio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

exstructĭo (extr-), ōnis, f. [exstruo], a building up, erecting, structure.

I Prop. (rare but class.): tectorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: contecti eā exstructione, quae sit ad memoriam aeternitatis, id. Phil. 14, 13, 34. —With gen.: vallorum, Vulg. Ezech. 17, 17.—In plur.: fastigiorum, Vitr. 7, 1 med. —*

II Transf., an adorning , Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 3.

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