construction Copy link Outline I. The act of constructingII. The form or plan of what is constructed1. fabrĭcātio2. structūra3. fĭgūra, forma4. conformātioIII. In grammarIV. Sense, meaning1. interprĕtātio2. sensus, ūs; sententia3. pars, partis, f. (in certain phrases) • construction: I. The act of constructing: fabrĭcātio, constructio: Cic. (Or by ger. of verbs = to construct: q. v.) II. The form or plan of what is constructed: 1. fabrĭcātio: to see through or examine the whole c. of man, totam hominis f. perspicere, Cic. 2. structūra: the c. of the walls, parietum s., Caes.: reticulated (net-like) c., s. reticulata, Plin.: Vitr. 3. fĭgūra, forma: v. form, shape (cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 133). 4. conformātio: the c. of a theatre, c. theatri, Vitr. III. In grammar: constructio (i. e. according to the rules of Syntax): Prisc.: M. L. IV. Sense, meaning: 1. interprĕtātio: to put now one c. (upon a thing), now another, huc illuc trahere interpretationem, Tac. H. 3, 3: (unfair) c.s of conduct by informers, interpretationes delatorum, Tac.: an unfavourable c. was put upon greatness, sinistra erga eminentes int., Tac. Agr. 5. 2. sensus, ūs; sententia: v. sense, meaning. 3. pars, partis, f. (in certain phrases): to put the more favourable, the best, c. on anything, aliquid mitiorem in partem interpretari, in optimam partem accipere, Cic. Phr.: to put a certain c. on anything, interpretari, accipere: v. supr.: you put a right c. upon (this), recte accipis, Ter.