extollo

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Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ tollō.

Pronunciation

Verb

extollō (present infinitive extollere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to elevate
  2. to erect (a building)
  3. to exalt, extol

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: extol

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