aedĭfĭco — Lewis & Short
aedĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.aedesfacio, lit.
I to erect a building, to build; and in gen., to build, raise, erect, or establish any thing.
I Lit.: aedificare cum sit proprie aedem facere, ponitur tamen kataxrhstikw=s in omni genere constructionis, Fest. p. 13 Müll.; hence in the first signif. for the most part
(a) Absol.:
aedificare diu cogitare oportet,Cato, R. R. 3, 1:
ecce aedificat,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 56:
ad quem (usum) accommodanda est aedificandi descriptio,Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; id. ib. 2, 23, 83:
tribus locis aedifico, reliqua reconcinno,id. Q. Fr. 2, 6:
lautius, id Leg. 2, 1, 3: belle,id. Att. 9, 13 al.:
accuratius ad frigora atque aestus vitandos,Caes. B. G. 6, 22:
diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100; so id. S. 2, 3, 308.—
(b) With object:
domum,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4; so Vulg. Exod. 1, 21:
casas,Hor. S. 2, 3, 247.—
II In gen., to build, construct, etc.:
navim,Plaut. Mer. prol. 87 piscinas, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 5:
navem,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18:
urbem,id. ib. 2, 4, 53; so Vulg. Exod. 1, 11:
oppida,ib. 2 Para. 26, 6:
turrim,ib. Matt. 21, 3:
murum,ib. 2 Para. 33, 14:
porticum,Cic. Dom. 43:
hortos,id. Att. 9, 13:
equum,Verg. A. 2, 16:
mundum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 25:
tot adhuc compagibus altum aedificat caput,i.e. makes it, by bands and hair ornaments, a high tower, Juv. 6, 501.—
III Fig., to build up, establish:
rem publicam,Cic. Fam. 9, 2.—And (eccl.) in a religious sense, to build up, instruct, edify.
(a) Absol.:
caritas aedificat,Vulg. 1 Cor. 8, 1:
non omnia aedificant,ib. ib. 16, 23.—
(b) With object:
semetipsum,Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 4:
alterutrum,ib. 1 Thess. 5, 11.