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substruo

substruo, to build beneath, underbuild, lay

sub-strŭo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,
  • to build beneath, to underbuild, lay; lit.: fundamentum, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 40 (123): intervalla montium, Vitr. 8, 7 med.; cf.: intervalla substructis canalibus junguntur, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 74: locus substructus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 155 Müll.: Capitolium saxo quadrato, Liv. 6, 4: substruendo iter facere, Dig. 8, 1, 10: vias glareā, i.e. to lay, to pave, Liv. 41, 27.—Absol.: non alte substruitur, the foundation is not laid deeply, Vitr. 8, 6, 5. —P. a. as subst.: substructum, i, n., = substructio, Vitr. 8, 7 med.

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