surgo

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Italian

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surgo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of surgere

Latin

Etymology

From subrigō, surrigō, from sub- (up from below) +‎ regō (lead, rule).

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Verb

surgō (present infinitive surgere, perfect active surrēxī, supine surrēctum); third conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to rise; to arise; to rise from bed; to get up; to stand up
    Synonyms: ēmergō, assurgō, orior, coorior, oborior
    • 4th c., Jerome, Canticum Canticōrum 2:10
      Surge, properā, amīca mea, formōsa mea, et venī.
      Arise, hurry up, my beloved, my beautiful, and come.
    • 1520, Pope Leo X, Exsurge Domine:
      Exsurge, Domine, et iudica causam Tuam; Memor esto improperiorum tuorum, Eorum quae ab insipiente sunt tota Die.
      Arise, O Lord, and judge your own cause. Remember your reproaches to those who are filled with foolishness all through the day.
  2. (Old Latin, transitive) to lift up; to straighten
    Alternative form: subrigō
    Synonyms: levō, allevō, ēlevō, ērigō, excellō, scandō, ēvehō, efferō, sublīmō, tollō, ēdō
    Antonyms: abiciō, dēiciō
  3. (of things) to occur; to take place; to arise; to manifest; to spring up
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.830:
      ‘auspicibus vōbīs hoc mihi surgat opus.’
      “May this work of mine rise under your auspices.”
      (Romulus has marked out the walls of Rome and prays for divine favor.)
  4. (figurative) to become elevated or prestigious

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References

  • surgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • surgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • surgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to rise from one's bed, get up: e lecto or e cubīli surgere