struix

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Latin

Etymology

From struō (“pile up”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

struīx f (genitive struīcis); third declension

a heap, pile
- c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 102:
  ita est adulescens ipsus; escae maxumae
  cerealis cenas dat, ita mensas exstruit,
  tantas struices concinnat patinarias:
  standum est in lecto si quid de summo petas.
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	struīx	struīcēs
genitive	struīcis	struīcum
dative	struīcī	struīcibus
accusative	struīcem	struīcēs
ablative	struīce	struīcibus
vocative	struīx	struīcēs

Synonyms

(heap, pile): acervus, congeriēs, cumulus, struēs

Related terms

References

“struix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
struix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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