ĭn-aedĭfĭco — Lewis & Short
ĭn-aedĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to build in, on, or at a place; to build up, erect.
I Lit. (class.):
neiquis in ieis loceis ... quid inaedificatum inmolitumve habeto, Lex. Jul. Munic. 71: inaedificata in muris moenia,Caes. B. C. 2, 16:
de domo tua, in qua ita est inaedificatum sacellum, ut, etc.,Cic. Har. Resp. 14, 31; Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 3:
conjectis celeriter stramentis (tecta) inaedificare,id. ib. 8, 5, 2:
quae in loca publica inaedificata habebant,Liv. 39, 44, 4:
tribus primis et quinto aquilarum generi inaedificatur nido lapis aëtites,is built into, made a part of, Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 12:
supra pilas,Dig. 41, 1, 30 fin. (al. aedificare).— Poet.:
nisi inaedificata superne multa forent multis nubila,piled upon, Lucr. 6, 264. —
B Transf.
1 To build up, wall up:
portas obstruit, vicos plateasque inaedificat,Caes. B. C. 1, 27, 3:
nec clausae modo portae, sed etiam inaedificatae erant,Liv. 44, 45, 6; cf.:
a Serrano sanctissima sacella suffossa, inaedificata, oppressa ... foedata esse nescimus?Cic. Har. Resp. 15, 31.—
2 To build upon, to cover with buildings:
aliquem locum,Dig. 13, 7, 43 init.—
II Trop., to burden:
quantum imponere et, ut ita dicam, inaedificare voluisset,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 2, 3.