exstructio
From LSJ
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
exstructĭo: (extr-), ōnis, f. exstruo,
I a building up, erecting, structure.
I Prop. (rare but class.): tectorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: contecti eā exstructione, quae sit ad memoriam aeternitatis, id. Phil. 14, 13, 34. —With gen.: vallorum, Vulg. Ezech. 17, 17.—In plur.: fastigiorum, Vitr. 7, 1 med. —*
II Transf., an adorning, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exstrūctĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (exstruo), action de bâtir, construction : Cic. Nat. 2, 150
