I.to pile or heap up (class.; syn.: struo, aedifico, condo, fundo).
I. Lit.
A. 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.—
B. In partic. (acc. to struo, I. B. 1.), to build up, raise, rear, erect, construct: “exstrui vetat (Plato) sepulcrum altius quam quod, etc.,” Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68: “aedificium in alieno,” id. Mil. 27, 74: “monumentum, molem opere magnifico,” id. Phil. 14, 12, 33: “theatrum,” Tac. A. 3, 72: “tumulos,” Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 4: “aggerem in altitudinem pedum octoginta,” id. B. C. 2, 1 fin.; id. B. G. 2, 30, 3; 7, 24, 1: “turres,” id. B. C. 3, 54, 1; 3, 112, 1; Sall. J. 23, 1: “rogum,” Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76; Ov. F. 3, 546: “quas (divitias) profundant in exstruendo mari et montibus coaequandis,” to build up, fill with buildings, Sall. C. 20, 11: “aream sibi sumpsit, in qua civitatem exstrueret arbitratu suo,” Cic. Rep. 2, 11.—
II. Trop.
A. 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.—
B. 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.
