exsurgo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ex- +‎ surgō.

Pronunciation

Verb

exsurgō (present infinitive exsurgere, perfect active exsurrēxī, supine exsurrēctum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to rise or stand up
  2. to recover (strength)

Conjugation

  • An archaic passive infinitive exsurgier is found in Plautus.

Descendants

  • Old French: exsurdre, essordre
    • Middle French: essourdre
    • Norman: essourdre
  • Portuguese: exsurgir

References

  • exsurgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exsurgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exsurgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to take a higher tone (especially of poets and orators): exsurgere altius or incitatius ferri