[ˈstru.oː], [ˈstruː.o]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *strowō, from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to strew, to spread out”). The stems of strūxī and strūctum (for the expected *strōvī and *strūtum) must be analogical on the model of fluō. Cognate with Old English strewian (English strew), Old Norse strá.
- conjugation-3to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
- conjugation-3to compose, construct, build
- conjugation-3to ready, prepare, devise, design, contrive, arrange, plot, aim at, accomplish, to make or do a plan, purpose, intent, or course of action
“Quid struis? Aut quā spē Libycīs teris ōtia terrīs?” — “What do you think you are doing? Or with what [false] hope are you wasting idle hours in the lands of Libya?”
(Aeneas is overseeing building projects in Carthage just as Mercury arrives to confront h
- conjugation-3to place, arrange
- conjugation-3to heap up, load with
Formsstruō(canonical) · struere(infinitive, present) · strūxī(active, perfect) · strūctum(supine) · struō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · struis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · struit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · struimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · struitis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · struunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · struēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · struēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · struēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · struēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · struēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · struēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · struam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · struēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · struet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · struēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)