I.a heap, pile of things put together (ante- and post-class. for the class. strues).
I. Lit.: “struices antiqui dicebant exstructiones omnium rerum,” Fest. p. 310 Müll.: “tantas struices concinnat patinarias,” Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 26: et Livius: “per struices saxeas lapsu accidit, Livius ap. Fest. l. l.: lignorum struicibus incensis,” Arn. 7, 222: “caementiciae,” Sol. 28. —*
II. Trop.: struix malorum, Naev. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 267 (Trag. Rel. v. 64 Rib.).