LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

struīx

struīx f (genitive struīcis)
Classical[ˈstru.ɪks]Ecclesiastical[ˈstruː.iks]

Meaning

  1. a heap, pile
    ita est adulescens ipsus; escae maxumae cerealis cenas dat, ita mensas exstruit, tantas struices concinnat patinarias:c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 102

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestruīxstruīcēs
genitivestruīcisstruīcum
dativestruīcīstruīcibus
accusativestruīcemstruīcēs
ablativestruīcestruīcibus
vocativestruīxstruīcēs

struix, ĭcis, f. struo,
I. a heap, pile of things put together (ante- and post-class. for the class. strues).
I. Lit.: struices antiqui dicebant exstructiones omnium rerum, Fest. p. 310 Müll.: tantas struices concinnat patinarias, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 26: et Livius: per struices saxeas lapsu accidit, Livius ap. Fest. l. l.: lignorum struicibus incensis, Arn. 7, 222: caementiciae, Sol. 28. —*
II. Trop.: struix malorum, Naev. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 267 (Trag. Rel. v. 64 Rib.).

Origins

From struō (“pile up”).

Quick answers

What does struīx mean in Latin?
struīx, a noun, means “a heap, pile”.
What is the genitive of struīx?
The genitive singular is struīcis. struīx is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce struīx?
In classical Latin, [ˈstru.ɪks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈstruː.iks].