LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

strūctūra

strūctūra f (genitive strūctūrae)

Meaning

  1. abstractthe practice or process of building, construction
  2. alsothe method, form, structure or arrangement of anything
    strūctūrārum genera sunt haec: rēticulātum, quō nunc omnēs ūtuntur, et antīquum, quod incertum dīciturthe construction techniques are as follows: the diamond-shaped ("reticulated") type, which is what everyone uses nowadays, and the old type, which is called "irregular"c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.8.1
    (ēloquentia) […] sed et verbōrum est strūctura quaedambut it (eloquence) is also a kind of building technique106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, De Optimo Genere Oratorum 5.4
  3. concretemasonry, brickwork; cement (the result of application of a certain construction technique)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestrūctūrastrūctūrae
genitivestrūctūraestrūctūrārum
dativestrūctūraestrūctūrīs
accusativestrūctūramstrūctūrās
ablativestrūctūrāstrūctūrīs
vocativestrūctūrastrūctūrae

structūra, ae, f. struo,
I. a fitting together, adaptation, adjustment.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (post-Aug. and very rare): ossa in manu oblonga omnia et triangula, structurā quādam inter se conectuntur, Cels. 8, 1 med.: membranarum, Plin. 13, 19, 34, § 112: togae, Macr. S. 2, 9.—
B. In partic., an architectural fitting together, a building or erecting.
1. In abstr. (class.): parietum, the mode of building, construction, * Caes. B. C. 2, 9; cf.: structurae antiquae genus, Liv. 21, 11; and: reticulata structura, Plin. 36, 22, 51, § 172: (silex) globosus sed structurae infidelis, for building, id. 36, 22, 49, § 169: in structurā saxorum rudium, Quint. 9, 4, 27.—Plur.: in structuris lapidum impolitorum, Quint. 8, 6, 63.—
2. In concr., a building, erection, edifice, structure, Front. Aquaed. 123; Vitr. 5, 12: subterraneae, Plin. 36, 22, 50, § 170: aerariae structurae, i. e. mining works, mines, Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin. (al. structuraeque).—
II. Trop., of language, an arrangement, order, structure (in Cic. only as a figure of speech, with quasi or quaedam; later in gen.): verborum quasi structura, Cic. Brut. 8, 33: quasi structura quaedam, id. Or. 44, 149: et verborum est structura quaedam, id. Opt. Gen. 2, 5: proprietates verborum exigit, et structuram et argumentationes, Sen. Ep. 89, 9: mei carminis, Ov. P. 4, 13, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 23; 8, 5, 27; 8, 6, 67; 9, 4, 45; Tac. Or. 22 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*strew-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*stréweti
  5. Proto-Italic*strowō
  6. Latinstrūctūra

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin strūctūra From struō (“to build”) + -tūra (“concrete action noun suffix”).

Descendants
  • Catalanestructura
  • Englishstructure
  • Frenchstructure
  • GermanStruktur
  • Italianstruttura
  • Portugueseestrutura
  • Romanianstructură
  • Spanishestructura
  • Afrikaansstruktuur
  • Bulgarianструктура

Quick answers

What does strūctūra mean in Latin?
strūctūra, a noun, means “the practice or process of building, construction; the method, form, structure or arrangement of anything; masonry, brickwork”.
What is the genitive of strūctūra?
The genitive singular is strūctūrae. strūctūra is feminine, first declension.
Where does strūctūra come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ster- → Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- → Proto-Indo-European *strew- → Proto-Indo-European *stréweti → Proto-Italic *strowō → Latin strūctūra.