struix

Latin

Etymology

From struō (“pile up”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstru.iks/, [ˈs̠t̪ruɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstru.iks/, [ˈst̪ruːiks]

Noun

struīx f (genitive struīcis); third declension

1. a heap, pile

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	struīx	struicēs
Genitive	struicis	struicum
Dative	struicī	struicibus
Accusative	struicem	struicēs
Ablative	struice	struicibus
Vocative	struīx	struicēs

Synonyms

• (heap, pile): acervus, congeriēs, cumulus, struēs

Related terms

• strūma
• struō

References

• “struix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• struix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.