English → Latin
“construct” in Latin
aedificōto build, erect, establish; (figuratively) to "build" a life, to live in a morally good or prudent manner; to create, frstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together; to compose, construct, build; to ready, prepare, devisecōnstruōto heap, bring, collect or gather together; to construct, build, fabricate, erect; to connect, constructexstruōto pile, heap or build up; to build up, raise, rear, erect, constructcondōto put together; to build, establish; form, fashion; make, construct; to put away, store or treasure up; preserve; interexcitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stēdūcōto lead, draw or take out, forth or away; to raise up; erectarchitectorto build, construct, make; to devise, invent, procure, planastruōto build near or to a thing, to erect; to build on, heap; build an additional structurepȳramisa pyramid
The English word construct itself goes back to Latin struō, through cōnstrūctus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
construct
aedificare (the proper word; e.g., ships, towns, etc.): struere: construere (e.g., a building, vessel, etc.). (the words are found in this connection and order), construere atque aedificare: exstruere (erect; e.g., a tower): condere (to found; e.g., a town): excitare (erect, e.g., a monument, tower, etc.): educere (to erect a lofty building; e.g., pyramides): facere (to make, build in general): architectari (to construct according to the rules of art; e.g., a temple, etc.): praestruere alicui rei (before any object): astruere, adjungere aliquid alicui rei (near or joining any object): to construct close together; e.g., houses, domos continuare (Sall., Cat., 20, 9, Herzog): all around, circum struere: of hewn stone, saxo quadrato construere: to construct a house, exstruere or aedificare domum: to construct a bridge over a river, pontem in flumine (not in flumen) facere, efficere, injicere: to construct fortifications, munimenta excitare: to construct (describe) on a given line an equilateral triangle, in data, linea triangulum aequis lateribus constituere (Quint., 1, 10, 3). GRAMM., COMPONERE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for construct?
- The usual Latin words for “construct” are aedificō, struō, cōnstruō; also exstruō, condō, excitō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.