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constructĭo (noun F) : construo
* A putting or placing together, a joining together (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).
* Lit. (rare): lapidum,Sen. Cons. Polyb. 18 (37), 2.
* Transf., an erecting, building, construction: hominis,Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86: ejus (gymnasii), Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 2.—In plur., Pall. Nov. 22, 1.
* Trop.
* Of discourse, a fit connection: verborum constructio et numerus,Cic. Or. 12, 37: oratio conformanda non solum electione, sed constructione verborum,id. de Or. 1, 5, 17; id. Brut. 78, 272; and absol.: nolo tam minuta haec constructio appareat,id. Or. 44, 150; Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.
* In gram., grammatical connection, construction ( = conformatio verborum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151), Prisc. p. 1061 sq. P. et saep.
* A putting or placing together, a joining together (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).
* Lit. (rare): lapidum,Sen. Cons. Polyb. 18 (37), 2.
* Transf., an erecting, building, construction: hominis,Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86: ejus (gymnasii), Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 2.—In plur., Pall. Nov. 22, 1.
* Trop.
* Of discourse, a fit connection: verborum constructio et numerus,Cic. Or. 12, 37: oratio conformanda non solum electione, sed constructione verborum,id. de Or. 1, 5, 17; id. Brut. 78, 272; and absol.: nolo tam minuta haec constructio appareat,id. Or. 44, 150; Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.
* In gram., grammatical connection, construction ( = conformatio verborum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151), Prisc. p. 1061 sq. P. et saep.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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