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Italian
Verb
erigo
- first-person singular present indicative of erigere
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ex- + regō.
Pronunciation
Verb
ērigō (present infinitive ērigere, perfect active ērēxī, supine ērēctum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to raise up, elevate, lift
- Synonyms: levō, ēlevō, allevō, excellō, ēvehō, tollō, scandō, efferō, surgō, ēdō, sublīmō
- Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō
- (transitive) to lift, raise, boost
- Synonyms: incendō, augeō
- to build, erect
- (transitive) to cause to halt, stop, because of the erect posture assumed
- (transitive) to climb, go upwards
- (reflexive, passive voice) to take heart, reanimate
- (figuratively, transitive) to arouse someone, encourage, stir up
- Synonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, urgeō, moveō, mōlior, incendō, adhortor
- Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, plācō, restinguō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
Conjugation
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: *ergere (see there for further descendants)
Borrowings:
References
- erigo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “erigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “erigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- erigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to prick up one's ears: aures erigere
- to encourage a person: erigere alicuius animum or aliquem
- to awaken new hope in some one: ad spem aliquem excitare, erigere
- to congratulate oneself on one's clear conscience: conscientia recte factorum erigi
- to build a tower: turrim excitare, erigere, facere