construct Copy link Outline 1. fabrĭcor and fabrĭco, 1 (as dep. in Cic., Tac., etc.2. struo, construo, instruo, exstruo, xi, ctum, 33. făcio, fēci, factum, 34. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (of that which has a definite plan5. contexo, ui, xtum, 3 • construct: 1. fabrĭcor and fabrĭco, 1 (as dep. in Cic., Tac., etc.: as v. act. chiefly in poets and late writers): i. e. to make with skill, esp. of a mechanical kind: to make or c. man, hominem fingere vel fabricari, Cic. Acad. 2, 27, 87 (see the passage): to c. bridges, ladders, pontes, scalas f., Tac.: to c. a raft, ratem fabricare, Phaedr.: to c. words, i. e. a speech, verba fabricare, Quint. 2. struo, construo, instruo, exstruo, xi, ctum, 3: v. to build, form, arrange. Join: construere atque aedificare, Cic. 3. făcio, fēci, factum, 3: to c. a bridge, pontem f., Caes.: v. to build, make. 4. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (of that which has a definite plan: so also instituo): to c. siege-towers, turres c., Caes.: to c. an equilateral triangle, triangulum aequis lateribus c., Quint.: to c. an argument (i. e. to arrange its parts), ratiocinationem c., Quint. 5, 14, 12. 5. contexo, ui, xtum, 3: v. to frame. Phr.: to c. a rampart from the camp to the sea, vallum ex castris ad mare ducere, Caes. (cf. Eng. to carry a wall). In gram.: *construo, jungo.