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constructĭo , ōnis, f. construo,
I.a putting or placing together, a joining together (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).
I. Lit. (rare): “lapidum,” Sen. Cons. Polyb. 18 (37), 2.—
II. 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. —
III. Trop.
A. 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.—
B. In gram., grammatical connection, construction ( = conformatio verborum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151), Prisc. p. 1061 sq. P. et saep.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.33
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.5
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.16.2
    • Cicero, Brutus, 78.272
    • Cicero, Orator, 44.150
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