erigo Latin · revision 6527

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=la regō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈeː.rɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.ri.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ērigō''' (present infinitive ērigere, perfect active ērēxī, supine ērēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ex-|t=out, up]] and [[regō]] “to direct, keep straight”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation for raising is Lucilius, of natural forces sending something up.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to raise, lift, elevate, as Lucretius' red light and lifted head, of hills to rise, and figuratively to exalt, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to march troops uphill, to set upright, erect, as Cicero's nature that made man stand upright, and with ''aurēs'' to prick up the ears.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to build, as in Caesar, to help someone to their feet, and reflexively to stand up.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it meant to give new hope, revive, cheer, as in Cicero, and to rouse or excite attention.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to erect, lift up, set up.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|erect]] came from its participle ''ērēctus'' in the late 14th century, and Italian ''ergere'' “to raise”, a descendant, lies behind [[en|alert]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of sending something up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of lifting the head.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of standing upright and of reviving hope.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''erect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To raise, lift; to exalt.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To set upright, [[m|en|erect]]; to prick up (the ears).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To build.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To help up, ''(reflexive)'' to stand up.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To encourage, revive.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To rouse, excite.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[diērectus]]

+ * [[ērēctiō]]

+ * [[subērigō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[regō]]

+ * [[dīrigō]]

+ * [[ērēctus]]

+ * [[en|erect]]

+ * [[en|alert]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}