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exstruo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- +‎ struō (compose, build).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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exstruō (present infinitive exstruere, perfect active exstrūxī, supine exstrūctum); third conjugation

  1. to pile, heap or build up
    Synonyms: accumulō, cumulō, struō, onerō, inaedificō
  2. to build up, raise, rear, erect, construct
    Synonyms: exaedificō, aedificō, inaedificō, condō, struō, cōnstruō, compōnō, fundō, cōnstituō, statuō, mōlior

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • exstruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exstruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exstruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to erect a building, a monument: exstruere aedificium, monumentum
    • to raise a rampart, earthwork: vallum iacere, exstruere, facere
    • to raise towers: turres instituere, exstruere