erigo

Italian

Verb

erigo

first-person singular present indicative of erigere

Anagrams

orgie, orige, regio

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out, away”) + regō (“to guide, steer”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː.rɪ.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ri.ɡo]

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

Iam vērō vītēs sīc clāviculīs adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt atque ita sē ērigunt ut animantēs.
The vines we see take hold on props with their tendrils, as if with hands, and raise themselves as if they were animated.
(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, coërceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

Conjugation

Conjugation of ērigō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ērigō	ērigis		ērigit	ērigimus	ērigitis		ērigunt
	imperfect	ērigēbam	ērigēbās		ērigēbat	ērigēbāmus	ērigēbātis		ērigēbant
	future	ērigam	ērigēs		ēriget	ērigēmus	ērigētis		ērigent
	perfect	ērēxī	ērēxistī		ērēxit	ērēximus	ērēxistis		ērēxērunt, ērēxēre
	pluperfect	ērēxeram	ērēxerās		ērēxerat	ērēxerāmus	ērēxerātis		ērēxerant
	future perfect	ērēxerō	ērēxeris		ērēxerit	ērēxerimus	ērēxeritis		ērēxerint
passive	present	ērigor	ērigeris, ērigere		ērigitur	ērigimur	ērigiminī		ēriguntur
	imperfect	ērigēbar	ērigēbāris, ērigēbāre		ērigēbātur	ērigēbāmur	ērigēbāminī		ērigēbantur
	future	ērigar	ērigēris, ērigēre		ērigētur	ērigēmur	ērigēminī		ērigentur
	perfect	ērēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ērēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ērēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ērigam	ērigās		ērigat	ērigāmus	ērigātis		ērigant
	imperfect	ērigerem	ērigerēs		ērigeret	ērigerēmus	ērigerētis		ērigerent
	perfect	ērēxerim	ērēxerīs		ērēxerit	ērēxerīmus	ērēxerītis		ērēxerint
	pluperfect	ērēxissem	ērēxissēs		ērēxisset	ērēxissēmus	ērēxissētis		ērēxissent
passive	present	ērigar	ērigāris, ērigāre		ērigātur	ērigāmur	ērigāminī		ērigantur
	imperfect	ērigerer	ērigerēris, ērigerēre		ērigerētur	ērigerēmur	ērigerēminī		ērigerentur
	perfect	ērēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ērēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	ērige		—	—	ērigite		—
active	future	—	ērigitō		ērigitō	—	ērigitōte		ēriguntō
passive	present	—	ērigere		—	—	ērigiminī		—
passive	future	—	ērigitor		ērigitor	—	—		ēriguntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ērigere		ērigī		ērigēns		—
future		ērēctūrum esse		ērēctum īrī		ērēctūrus		ērigendus, ērigundus
perfect		ērēxisse		ērēctum esse		—		ērēctus
future perfect		—		ērēctum fore		—		—
perfect potential		ērēctūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		ērigendī	ērigendō		ērigendum	ērigendō	ērēctum		ērēctū

Descendants

Vulgar Latin: *ergere (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings:

→ Catalan: erigir
→ English: erect
→ French: ériger
→ Friulian: erigi
→ Galician: erixir
→ Italian: erigere
→ Old Ruthenian: е҅рикгова́ти (e҅rigováti) (see there for further descendants)
→ Piedmontese: erige
→ Portuguese: erigir
→ Spanish: erigir

References

erigo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), 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^[1], 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