LAT

Lewis Short

(v. a.P. a.) : sub-strŭo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
* To build beneath, to underbuild, lay; lit.: fundamentum,Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 40: intervalla montium,Vitr. 8, 7 med.; cf.: intervalla substructis canalibus junguntur,Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 74: locus substructus,Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.: Capitolium saxo quadrato,Liv. 6, 4: substruendo iter facere,Dig. 8, 1, 10: vias glareā,i. e. to lay, to pave,Liv. 41, 27.—Absol.: non alte substruitur, the foundation is not laid deeply, Vitr. 8, 6, 5. —P. a. as subst.: substructum, i, n., = substructio, Vitr. 8, 7 med.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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