instructio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-structĭo: ōnis, f.,
I a constructing, erecting, building.
I Lit.: novi balinei, Trajan. ad Plin. Ep. 10, 35: tubulorum in cloacas, i. e. a sinking into, insertion, Vitr. 5, 9.—
   B Transf., an arranging, planting, setting in array: signorum, Cic. Caec. 15, 43; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 4: militum, Auct. Her. 3, 10, 18.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>, Amm. 28, 1. —
II Trop., instruction (syn.: doctrina, institutio, disciplina): futuri temporis pro instructione (al. per structionem), Arn. 5, 167.