I.part. fut. constrŭĭtūra, Ven. Carm. 2, 10 fin.), v. a.
I. To heap, bring, or gather together, to heap or pile up (class.): “acervos nummorum apud aliquem,” Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; cf.: “omnibus rebus et modis constructā et coacervatā pecuniā,” id. Agr. 1, 5, 14; “and acervum,” Hor. S. 1, 1, 44: “divitias,” id. ib. 2, 3, 96: carros, to make a barricade, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 195, 29: “has omnes multas magnificasque res,” Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161; cf.: “copiam ornamentorum uno in loco,” id. ib. § “162: super prela congeriem,” Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 318.—
II. (Like compono, II.) To make by piling up, to make, fabricate, construct, build (class.; most freq. in Cic.).
A. In gen.: “construere atque aedificare mundum,” Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: “ut navem, ut aedificium idem destruit facillime qui construxit,” id. Sen. 20, 72; cf. “delubra,” id. Leg. 2, 8, 19: “arces,” Sil. 8, 145: “sepulcrum saxo quadrato,” Liv. 1, 26, 14; cf.: “horrea saxeo muro constructa,” Suet. Ner. 38; and: “pilam saxeam magnis molibus,” Verg. A. 9, 712: “cubilia sibi nidosque (aves),” Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129; cf. “nidos,” id. de Or. 2, 6, 23; and: “nidum sibi,” Ov. M. 15, 397: “dentibus in ore constructis manditur cibus,” arranged, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134: large multiplici constructae sunt dape mensae, furnished, * Cat. 64, 304.—
B. Esp., in gram. lang., to connect grammatically, construct, Prisc. p. 1099 sq. P. et saep.