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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + tollō.
Pronunciation
Verb
extollō (present infinitive extollere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to elevate
- to erect (a building)
- to exalt, extol
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “extollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “extollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extollo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid