exstructio

Latin

Etymology

exstructus, perfect passive participle of exstruō (“to build up, construct”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈstruːk.ti.oː/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ruːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈstruk.t͡si.o/, [ekˈst̪rukt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

exstrūctiō f (genitive exstrūctiōnis); third declension

1. building up, construction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	exstrūctiō	exstrūctiōnēs
genitive	exstrūctiōnis	exstrūctiōnum
dative	exstrūctiōnī	exstrūctiōnibus
accusative	exstrūctiōnem	exstrūctiōnēs
ablative	exstrūctiōne	exstrūctiōnibus
vocative	exstrūctiō	exstrūctiōnēs

References

• “exstructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exstructio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers