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|lshtext=<b>constructĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[construo]],<br /><b>I</b> a putting or placing [[together]], a joining [[together]] (in [[good]] [[prose]]; [[most]] freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]): lapidum, Sen. Cons. Polyb. 18 (37), 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., an erecting, [[building]], [[construction]]: hominis, Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 86: ejus (gymnasii), Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 2.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, Pall. Nov. 22, 1. —<br /><b>III</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gram., grammatical [[connection]], [[construction]] ( = [[conformatio]] verborum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151), Prisc. p. 1061 sq. P. et saep.
|lshtext=<b>constructĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[construo]],<br /><b>I</b> a putting or placing [[together]], a joining [[together]] (in [[good]] [[prose]]; [[most]] freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]): lapidum, Sen. Cons. Polyb. 18 (37), 2.—<br /><b>II</b> 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. —<br /><b>III</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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: ōnis, f. construo,
I a putting or placing together, a joining together (in good prose; most freq. in Cic.; not in Quint.).
I Lit. (rare): lapidum, Sen. Cons. Polyb. 18 (37), 2.—
II 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. —
III Trop.
   A 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.—
   B In gram., grammatical connection, construction ( = conformatio verborum, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 151), Prisc. p. 1061 sq. P. et saep.