superstruo

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

sŭper-strŭo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,

to build upon or over , to superstruct (postAug. and very rare): ligneam compagem, Tac. A. 4, 62: moles, Sen. Contr. 1 prooem. fin. : quidquid his (fundamentis) superstruxeris, corruet, Quint. 1, 4, 5: desuper pulvillis superstruunt, Ap. Met. 10, 20, 10.

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