constructĭo — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

constructĭo, ōnis, f. construo, a putting or placing together, a joining together (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.). Lit. (rare): lapidum, Sen. Cons. Polyb. 18 (37), 2.— Transf., an erecting, building, construction: hominis, Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86: ejus (gymnasii), Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 2.—In plur., Pall. Nov. 22, 1. — Trop. Of discourse, a fit connection: verborum constructio et numerus, Cic. Or. 12, 37: oratio conformanda non solum electione, sed constructione verborum, id. de Or. 1, 5, 17; id. Brut. 78, 272; and absol.: nolo tam minuta haec constructio appareat, id. Or. 44, 150; Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.— In gram., grammatical connection, construction ( = conformatio verborum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151), Prisc. p. 1061 sq. P. et saep.

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constructĭo

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constructĭo

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constructio

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constructio

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