structor

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structor: ōris, m. id..
I One who erects a building, a builder, mason, carpenter: res agebatur multis structoribus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 2; id. Att. 14, 3, 1; Cod. Just. 10, 64, 1; Dig. 50, 6, 6; Capitol. Ver. 5; Lampr. Heliog. 27 al.—
II One who spreads the table or serves up food and carves; a server, carver (post-Aug.): ferculorum compositor, Serv. ap. Verg. A. 1, 703; Petr. 35, 2; Mart. 10, 48, 15; Juv. 5, 120; 11, 136.—
   B Trop.: orationis, App. Flor. p. 365, 18.