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Latin
Etymology
From super- + struo.
Pronunciation
Verb
superstruō (present infinitive superstruere, perfect active superstrūxī, supine superstrūctum); third conjugation
- to build over or upon
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “superstruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “superstruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- superstruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.