substructio Latin · revision 36773

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la struō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''substrūctiō''' ''f'' (genitive substrūctiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|substruō|-tiō|t1=to build beneath, lay a foundation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) That verb is formed with [[m|la|sub-|t=under]] from [[m|la|struō|t=to pile up, build]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who in the ''Pro Milone'' speaks of an estate where, because of its “insane substructures” (''īnsānae substrūctiōnēs''), a thousand men were easily kept busy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant both the work of building a foundation and the supporting structure itself.^(OLD 2012) Caesar mentions the very large substructures of a theatre,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Livy and Columella use it,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Vitruvius insists that the greatest care must be given to foundations (''maxima dēbet esse cūra substrūctiōnum'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Frontinus uses it in his work on the aqueducts,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and an inscription records a substructure built together with a record office (''tabulārium'').^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of extravagant building works.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar mentions the substructures of a theatre.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius discusses foundations under the name.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The building of a [[m|en|foundation]] or substructure.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A supporting structure, [[m|en|substructure]], foundation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[struō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}