ex-strŭo (extr-), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to pile or heap up (class.; syn.: struo, aedifico, condo, fundo).
I Lit.
A In gen.: magnum acervum (librorum), Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2; cf.: stramenta in acervum exstrui debent, to be heaped up , Col. 6, 3, 1: mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur, heaped , bountifully furnished , Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: mensas, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 25: caret exstructis mensis, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; id. Pis. 27, 67; Ov. M. 11, 120; cf. canistros, to heap full , Hor. S. 2, 6, 105: focum lignis, id. Epod. 2, 43: exstructis in altum divitiis, id. C. 2, 3, 19: divitias, Petr. 84.—
B In partic. (acc. to struo, I. B. 1.), to build up , raise , rear , erect , construct : exstrui vetat (Plato) sepulcrum altius quam quod, etc., Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68: aedificium in alieno, id. Mil. 27, 74: monumentum, molem opere magnifico, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33: theatrum, Tac. A. 3, 72: tumulos, Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 4: aggerem in altitudinem pedum octoginta, id. B. C. 2, 1 fin. ; id. B. G. 2, 30, 3; 7, 24, 1: turres, id. B. C. 3, 54, 1; 3, 112, 1; Sall. J. 23, 1: rogum, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76; Ov. F. 3, 546: quas (divitias) profundant in exstruendo mari et montibus coaequandis, to build up , fill with buildings , Sall. C. 20, 11: aream sibi sumpsit, in qua civitatem exstrueret arbitratu suo, Cic. Rep. 2, 11.—
II Trop.
A In gen.: verba sint ad poëticum quendam numerum exstructa, put together , constructed , Auct. Her. 4, 32, 44: poëma, Petr. 118: crimen unum vocibus multis, to exaggerate , magnify , Gell. 13, 24, 12.—
B In partic. (acc. to I. B.): exstrue animo altitudinem excellentiamque virtutum, build up , Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71; cf.: non modo fundata sed etiam exstructa disciplina, id. ib. 4, 1, 1.—Hence, * exstructus ( extr- ), a, um, P. a., highbuilt , lofty : exstructissimae species aedificiorum, Ap. Deo Socr. p. 54, 20.