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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [ˈɛks(ː)tru.oː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛks.stru.o][1]

Forms

exstruō (present infinitive exstruere, perfect active exstrūxī, supine exstrūctum); third conjugation[1] It is also spelled extruō.[2][3]

Etymology

It is from ex- and struō “to pile up, build”.[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of heaping up.[2] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant to heap up, pile a receptacle full, as in Plautus, and in Cato to build up, construct.[2] In Sallust it meant to build on a site.[2]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to build, raise, erect.[3]

Timeline

  • c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of heaping up.[2][4]
  • 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of building.[2][4]
  • 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of building on a site.[2][4]

Meanings

Verb

  1. To heap up.[2]
  2. To build, construct.[2]
  3. To build on (a site).[2]

Word family

  • exstrūctiō
  • exstrūctor

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
  4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de