(v. a.P. a.) : in -strŭo, xi (
* Perf. sync. instruxti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 34), ctum, 3, v. a., to build in or into; to build,, erect, construct (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: contabulationem in parietes,Caes. B. C. 2, 9: tubulos in earum (cloacarum) parietibus,Vitr. 5, 9, 7: muros,Nep. Them. 6: aggerem,Tac. H. 2, 22.
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* To set in order, draw up in battle array: legiones,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 66: aciem,Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Phil. 4, 5, 11: contra copias praesidia vestrosque exercitus,id. Cat. 2, 11init.—Absol.: ad instruendum spatium,Liv. 9, 37, 3; 10, 19, 15; 24, 48, 11: insidias in loco aliquo,to lay an ambush,id. Clu. 66, 190; cf.: quem insidiis instruendis locum?Liv. 6, 23, 6: acies circa vallum,id. 3, 22, 5: ad hunc modum aciem,Caes. B. C. 3, 88: postremo in plures ordines,Liv. 8, 8, 4: naves,Just. 5, 4, 1.
* To prepare, make ready, furnish, provide, to equip, fit out (with necessaries): domum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9: instruere et parare convivium omnibus rebus,id. ib. 2, 4, 27, § 62: mensas,Verg. A. 3, 231; Ov. M. 8, 571: agrum,to stock, furnish,Liv. 6, 5, 5: hortos,Col. 11, 2, 25; Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11: frumento et stipendio victorem,Just. 6, 6: et dotare filiam,Suet. Vesp. 14: mulieri aurum atque ornamenta,Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 35: instruit focum provincia,Juv. 5, 97: socios simul instruit armis,Verg. A. 8, 80: concubinas securibus peltisque,Suet. Ner. 44: Xerxes bellum per quinquennium instruxit,Just. 2, 10, 12; 8, 5, 2.
* In gen., to procure, provide for, prepare for, furnish: accusationem,Cic. Clu. 6: causam,Plin. Ep. 10, 85: in instruendo (orationem) dissipatus,in arranging,Cic. Brut. 59, 216: se, to furnish, prepare one's self: ad judicium nondum se satis instruxerat,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19: neque spatium erat instruendi bellum,Just. 8, 5, 2.
* In partic., to provide with information, to teach, instruct: (oratores) parum his artibus instructos vidimus,Cic. Brut. 59, 214: judicem notitiā rerum,Quint. 4, 2, 24: juvenes salubribus praeceptis,Petr. 140: aliquem scientiā alicujus rei, Quint. prooem. § 23; cf. id. 1, 10, 5; 2, 4, 20; 2, 5, 1 al.— Absol., Just. praef. 4 (but in Cic. Cael. 30, 72, the true reading is instituimur).
* To plan, devise: magnas res hic agito in mentem instruere,Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 31: instruendae fraudi intentior,Liv. 23, 35, 14: insidias mihi, Cat. 18 (21), 7.—Hence, instructus, a, um, P. a., ordered, drawn up; furnished, provided with any thing.
* Lit.: exercitus ita stetit instructus, ut, etc.,Liv. 4, 18: acies,Caes. B. G. 1, 48: domicilia rebus iis omnibus, quibus, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95: instructa et exornata domus,provided with necessaries,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84: instructae ornataeque naves,id. ib. 2, 5, 51, § 133: instructae atque ornatae omnibus rebus copiae,id. de Imp. Pomp. 8: omnibus rebus instructum et paratum convivium,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27.
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* Arranged, prepared; instructed: jam instructa sunt mihi in corde consilia omnia,Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7: res satis scite instructae et compositae,Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39: ad permovendos animos instructi et parati,id. Or. 5: ad mortem contemnendam,id. Fin. 2, 17: ad dicendum instructissimus,id. de Or. 3, 8.
* Instructed, versed in: in jure civili,Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249: omnibus ingenuis artibus,id. ib. 1, 16, 73: a jure civili, ab historia instructior (v. ab),id. Brut. 43.— In a bad sense: accusatores instructi et subornati,prepared, instructed,Cic. Vatin. 1, 3: vitiis instructior,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 25.—Adv.: instructē, with great preparation; only comp.: ludos opulentius instructius facere,Liv. 1, 35, 7: instructius accusare,App. Mag. 34, p. 296.

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