(v. a.P. a.) : ex-strŭo (extr-), xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
* To pile or heap up (class.; syn.: struo, aedifico, condo, fundo).
* Lit.
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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, * ex-structus (extr-), a, um, P. a., highbuilt, lofty: exstructissimae species aedificiorum,App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 20.

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