instruo

in-strŭo, xi ( perf. sync. instruxti, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 34), ctum, 3, v. a., to build in or into; to build,, erect, construct (class.).

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen.:

contabulationem in parietes,

Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

tubulos in earum (cloacarum) parietibus,

Vitr. 5, 9, 7:

muros,

Nep. Them. 6:

aggerem,

Tac. H. 2, 22.—

B.

In partic.

1.

To set in order, draw up in battle array:

legiones,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 66:

aciem,

Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Phil. 4, 5, 11:

contra copias praesidia vestrosque exercitus,

id. Cat. 2, 11 init.—Absol.:

ad instruendum spatium,

Liv. 9, 37, 3; 10, 19, 15; 24, 48, 11:

insidias in loco aliquo,

to lay an ambush, id. Clu. 66, 190; cf.:

quem insidiis instruendis locum?

Liv. 6, 23, 6:

acies circa vallum,

id. 3, 22, 5:

ad hunc modum aciem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 88:

postremo in plures ordines,

Liv. 8, 8, 4:

naves,

Just. 5, 4, 1.—

2.

To prepare, make ready, furnish, provide, to equip, fit out (with necessaries):

domum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9:

instruere et parare convivium omnibus rebus,

id. ib. 2, 4, 27, §

62: mensas,

Verg. A. 3, 231; Ov. M. 8, 571:

agrum,

to stock, furnish, Liv. 6, 5, 5:

hortos,

Col. 11, 2, 25; Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 11:

frumento et stipendio victorem,

Just. 6, 6:

et dotare filiam,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

mulieri aurum atque ornamenta,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 35:

instruit focum provincia,

Juv. 5, 97:

socios simul instruit armis,

Verg. A. 8, 80:

concubinas securibus peltisque,

Suet. Ner. 44:

Xerxes bellum per quinquennium instruxit,

Just. 2, 10, 12; 8, 5, 2.—

II.

Trop.

A.

In gen., to procure, provide for, prepare for, furnish:

accusationem,

Cic. Clu. 6:

causam,

Plin. Ep. 10, 85:

in instruendo (orationem) dissipatus,

in arranging, Cic. Brut. 59, 216: se, to furnish, prepare one ' s self:

ad judicium nondum se satis instruxerat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 19:

neque spatium erat instruendi bellum,

Just. 8, 5, 2. —

B.

In partic., to provide with information, to teach, instruct:

(oratores) parum his artibus instructos vidimus,

Cic. Brut. 59, 214:

judicem notitiā rerum,

Quint. 4, 2, 24:

juvenes salubribus praeceptis,

Petr. 140: aliquem scientiā alicujus rei, Quint. prooem. § 23; cf. id. 1, 10, 5; 2, 4, 20; 2, 5, 1 al.— Absol., Just. praef. 4 (but in Cic. Cael. 30, 72, the true reading is instituimur).—

2.

To plan, devise:

magnas res hic agito in mentem instruere,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 31:

instruendae fraudi intentior,

Liv. 23, 35, 14: insidias [p. 971] mihi, Cat. 18 (21), 7.—Hence, instructus, a, um, P. a., ordered, drawn up; furnished, provided with any thing.

A.

Lit.:

exercitus ita stetit instructus, ut, etc.,

Liv. 4, 18:

acies,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

domicilia rebus iis omnibus, quibus, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

instructa et exornata domus,

provided with necessaries, id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 84:

instructae ornataeque naves,

id. ib. 2, 5, 51, §

133: instructae atque ornatae omnibus rebus copiae,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 8:

omnibus rebus instructum et paratum convivium,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27.—

B.

Trop.

1.

Arranged, prepared; instructed:

jam instructa sunt mihi in corde consilia omnia,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7:

res satis scite instructae et compositae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

ad permovendos animos instructi et parati,

id. Or. 5:

ad mortem contemnendam,

id. Fin. 2, 17:

ad dicendum instructissimus,

id. de Or. 3, 8.—

2.

Instructed, versed in:

in jure civili,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249:

omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. ib. 1, 16, 73:

a jure civili, ab historia instructior (v. ab),

id. Brut. 43.—

In a bad sense: accusatores instructi et subornati,

prepared, instructed, Cic. Vatin. 1, 3:

vitiis instructior,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 25.— Adv.: instructē, with great preparation; only comp.:

ludos opulentius instructius facere,

Liv. 1, 35, 7:

instructius accusare,

App. Mag. 34, p. 296.