attollo

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- +‎ tollō.

Verb

attollō (present infinitive attollere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to lift, lift up; raise, raise up; elevate or sustain; rear
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.688-689:
      Illa, gravēs oculōs cōnāta attollere rūrsus
      dēficit; īnfīxum strīdit sub pectore vulnus.
      had tried to lift her heavy eyes again, swoons — the deep-driven wound gasping beneath her breast.
      (For lifting of the eyes, cf. Aeneid 5.847: “attollens … lumina”.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of attollō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present attollō attollis attollit attollimus attollitis attollunt
imperfect attollēbam attollēbās attollēbat attollēbāmus attollēbātis attollēbant
future attollam attollēs attollet attollēmus attollētis attollent
passive present attollor attolleris,
attollere
attollitur attollimur attolliminī attolluntur
imperfect attollēbar attollēbāris,
attollēbāre
attollēbātur attollēbāmur attollēbāminī attollēbantur
future attollar attollēris,
attollēre
attollētur attollēmur attollēminī attollentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present attollam attollās attollat attollāmus attollātis attollant
imperfect attollerem attollerēs attolleret attollerēmus attollerētis attollerent
passive present attollar attollāris,
attollāre
attollātur attollāmur attollāminī attollantur
imperfect attollerer attollerēris,
attollerēre
attollerētur attollerēmur attollerēminī attollerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present attolle attollite
future attollitō attollitō attollitōte attolluntō
passive present attollere attolliminī
future attollitor attollitor attolluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives attollere attollī
participles attollēns attollendus,
attollundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
attollendī attollendō attollendum attollendō

References

  • attollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • attollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • attollo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to raise the eyes to heaven; to look up to the sky: oculos tollere, attollere ad caelum