I.a building up, erecting, structure.
I. Prop. (rare but class.): “tectorum,” Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: “contecti eā exstructione, quae sit ad memoriam aeternitatis,” id. Phil. 14, 13, 34. —With gen.: “vallorum,” Vulg. Ezech. 17, 17.—In plur.: “fastigiorum,” Vitr. 7, 1 med. —*
II. Transf., an adorning, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 3.