previous next
a-strŭo (ads- , Merk., Halm, Dinter), struxi, structum, 3, v. a.,
I.to build near or in addition to a thing, to add (mostly in prose and post-Aug.; never in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “cum veteri adstruitur recens aedificium,Col. 1, 5 fin.: “utrique (villae) quae desunt,Plin. Ep. 9, 7 fin.: sicut ante secunda fortuna tot victorias adstruxerat; “ita nunc adversa destruens quae cumulaverat,Just. 23, 3: “medicamentum adstruere,Scrib. Comp. 227.—
II. In gen.
A. To add to: “adstrue formae,Ov. A. A. 2, 119: victus ab eo Pharnaces vix quicquam gloriae ejus adstruxit, Vell. 2, 55: “aliquid magnificentiae,Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119; so, “dignitati,Plin. Ep. 3, 2, 5: “famae,id. ib. 4, 17, 7: “felicitati,id. Pan. 74, 2: “alicui laudem,id. ib. 46, 8: “alicui nobilitatem ac decus,Tac. H. 1, 78: “consulari ac triumphalibus ornamentis praedito quid aliud adstruere fortuna poterat?id. Agr. 44: “adstruit auditis ... pavor,Sil. 4, 8: “ut quae Neroni falsus adstruit scriptor,ascribes, imputes, Mart. 3, 20: “ut Livium quoque priorum aetati adstruas, i.e. annumeres,Vell. 1, 17.—
B. To furnish with something (syn. instruo): “contignationem laterculo adstruxerunt,covered, fastened, Caes. B. C. 2, 9.—Trop.: “aliquem falsis criminibus,” i.e. to charge, Curt. 10, 1.!*? The signif. affirmare, which Agroet. p. 2268 P., and Beda, p. 2334 P. give, is found in no Lat. author; for in Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 83, instead of adstruxerunt, it is better to read adseverant; v. Sillig ad h. l.; so also Jan.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (9 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.9
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.78
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 44
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.17
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 3.2.5
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.7
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.5
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 3.20
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 10.1
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: