_opus locare_—to contract for the building of something.
_opus redimere, conducere_—to undertake the contract for a work.
_domum aedificandam locare, conducere_—to give, undertake a contract
for building a house.
_aedificatorem esse_ (Nep. Att. 13. 1)—to be fond of building.
_exstruere aedificium, monumentum_—to erect a building, a monument.
_fundamenta iacere, agere_—to lay the foundations.
_turrim excitare, erigere, facere_—to build a tower.
_oppidum constituere, condere_—to build, found a city.
_pontem facere in flumine_—to build a bridge over a river.
_inicere pontem_—to build a bridge over a river.
_flumen ponte iungere_—to build a bridge over a river.
_pons est in flumine_—there is a bridge over the river.
_pontem dissolvere, rescindere, interscindere_ (B. G. 2. 9. 4)—to
break down a bridge.
_luminibus alicuius obstruere, officere_[1]—to obstruct a person's
view, shut out his light by building.
[1] Also used metaphorically to overshadow, eclipse a person, cf. vi. 1.