in-structĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
a constructing, erecting, building.
I.
Lit.: novi balinei, Trajan. ad Plin. Ep. 10, 35: tubulorum in cloacas, Vitr. 5, 9.—
B.
Transf., an arranging, planting, setting in array: signorum, Cic. Caec. 15, 43; cf. Front. Strat. 2, 3, 4: militum, Auct. Her. 3, 10, 18.—In plur., Amm. 28, 1. —
II.
Trop., instruction (syn.: doctrina, institutio, disciplina): futuri temporis pro instructione (al. per structionem), Arn. 5, 167.