erect (v.) Copy link Outline I. To raise aloftII. To build1. excĭto, 1 (to a height)2. exstruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to raise a pile)3. stătuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to set up)4. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum., 3 (to place5. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (esp. of monuments, statues)6. ēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to rear to a great height)7. exĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to complete) • erect (v.): I. To raise aloft: ērĭgo, tollo: v. to raise. II. To build: 1. excĭto, 1 (to a height): to e. a tomb of stone, sepulcrum e lapide ex., Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68: to e. towers, turres ex, Caes. 2. exstruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to raise a pile): to e. a tomb, sepulcrum ex., Cic. l. c.: v. to build up. 3. stătuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to set up): to e. an imperishable memorial of enmity, aeternum inimicitiarum monumentum s., Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 70: v. to set up. 4. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum., 3 (to place: hence generally with a reference to the site of the erection): e. thou four altars by the temples, quatuor aras ad delubra constitue, Virg. G. 4, 541: he e.'d a temple at the foot of the Palatium, templum in radicibus Palatii constituit, Just.: also absol., esp. poet.: she e.s a cenotaph, inane sepulcrum constituit, Ov. Met. 5, 569. 5. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (esp. of monuments, statues): to e. a trophy, tropaeum p., Nep. Dat. 8, med.: to e. a statue to any one, alicui statuam p., Cic.: also of buildings (poet.): to e. temples, templa p., Virg. Aen. 6, 19. 6. ēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to rear to a great height): Virg.: v. to rear. 7. exĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to complete): I have e.'d a monument more enduring than brass, exegi monumentum aere perennius, Hor.