verb transitive

con-sterno

2nd PP con-sternere · 3rd PP constrāvi · 4th PP constrātum · conj. 3rd

To strew over, cover by strewing, bestrew, to thatch, floor, pave, spread, cover

To strew over, cover by strewing, bestrew, to thatch, floor, pave, spread, cover (class. in prose and poetry).

With abl.: tabernacula caespitibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 96: cubilia gallinarum… •••

With abl.: tabernacula caespitibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 96: cubilia gallinarum paleis, Col. 8, 5, 3: stabula culmis, id. 7, 3, 8: aream silice, id. 1, 6, 23: specus molli fronde, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 127: nidum mollibus plumis, id. 10, 33, 49, § 92: contabulationem summam lateribus lutoque, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: haec longuriis cratibusque, id. B. G. 4, 17: mare classibus, Liv. 35, 49, 5; Curt. 9, 6, 7: amnis constratus navigiis, id. 9, 8, 5: cubile purpureā veste, Cat. 64, 163: ossaeis aethera saxis, Verg. Cir. 33: omnia constrata telis, armis, cadaveribus, Sall. J. 101, 11: campos milite, Sil. 1, 125: forum corporibus civium caede nocturnā, Cic. Sest. 39, 85: late terram tergo, Verg. A. 12, 543; cf.: terram gravi casu, * Lucr. 5, 1332; and: terram gravi corpore, Cic. Arat. 433: paludem pontibus, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14.—

covered, having a deck ••

Without abl.: frumentum vias omnes constraveras, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69: terram frondes altae, Verg. A. 4, 444: triclinium, Varr. L. L. 9, § 9 Müll.; cf.: lectum, App. M. 9, p. 218, 13: ratem pontis in modum humo injecta, Liv. 21, 28, 7.—Hence, constrata navis, covered, having a deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40, § 104; Caes. B. C. 3, 27; Auct. B. Alex. 11; Liv. 35, 46, 3; cf. vehicula, Curt. 9, 10, 25.—Hence,

constrā-tum, i, n. subst.,

constrā-tum, i, n. subst.,

A covering •

A covering: pontium, Liv. 30, 10, 14.—

A deck •

A deck: puppis, Petr. 100, 3: navis, id. ib. § 6.—

To throw down, prostrate, level

To throw down, prostrate, level (very rare). *

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Lit.: tempestas in Capitolio aliquot signa constravit, Liv. 40, 45, 3; cf.: culcitae humi constratae, Jul. Epit. Nov. c. 4, § 15: montes erigat, campos tendat, maria consternat, levels, Lact. 3, 24, 8: Ephesus et Nicomedia constratae terrae motu, Aur. Vict. Caes. 16, 12.—

moderated, subdued figuratively

Trop.: constrata ira, moderated, subdued (the figure taken from animals conquered in combat), Stat. S. 2, 5, 1.

Perseus ID: n10627 Key: consterno1