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assurgo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : as-surgo (ads-, B. and K., Rib., Merk., Halm, Weissenb.; ass-, Roth), surrexi, surrectum, 3
* To rise up, rise, stand up (cf. ad, II. B.; class.; freq. in Verg., once in Ov., never in Hor.; syn.: surgo, consurgo, insurgo, orior).
* Lit.
* Of persons: quae dum laudatio recitatur, vos quaeso, qui eam detulistis, adsurgite,Cic. Clu. 69, 196: fratrem adsurrexisse ex morbo,Liv. 3, 24: Valentem e gravi corporis morbo adsurgentem, Tac. H. 2, 99: intortis adsurgens arduus undis,Val. Fl. 3, 476: desine viso adsurgere pulvere,Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 3.—Hence, with dat. or absol., to rise up to one, to rise up, out of respect.
* Transf.
* Of inanimate things: colles adsurgunt,rise,Liv. 22, 4; so Col. 2, 2, 1, and Tac. A. 13, 38: Pyramis adsurgit trecentis sexaginta tribus pedibus,Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 80: Delos adsurgit Cynthio monte,id. 4, 12, 22, § 66.
* To mount up, to rise, to increase in size, swell, tower up (poet.): cum subito adsurgens fluctu nimbosus Orion,Verg. A. 1. 535: adsurgens nox aurea,Val. Fl. 5, 566: tumores oriuntur, deinde desinunt, deinde rursus adsurgunt,Cels. 2, 8: non coeptae adsurgunt turres,Verg. A. 4, 86: terra jacet aggeribus niveis informis septemque adsurgit in ulnas,rises seven ells high,id. G. 3, 355: Adsurgit ceu forte minor sub matre virente Laurus, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 244.
* Of mental objects.
* To rise: nunc sera querellis Haud justis adsurgis,i. e. break out in complaints,Verg. A. 10, 95: adsurgunt irae,id. ib. 12, 494: in ultionem adsurgere,Flor. 3, 1, 10.
* To rise in courage, to rise (cf. the opp. affligi): gaudet in adversis animoque adsurgit Adrastus,Stat. Th. 10, 227.
* Of style, etc., to rise, soar: raro adsurgit Hesiodus,Quint. 10, 1, 52: neque comoedia cothurnis adsurgit,id. 10, 2, 22; cf.: sublimitate heroici carminis animus adsurgat,id. 1, 8, 5.
* To rise up, rise, stand up (cf. ad, II. B.; class.; freq. in Verg., once in Ov., never in Hor.; syn.: surgo, consurgo, insurgo, orior).
* Lit.
* Of persons: quae dum laudatio recitatur, vos quaeso, qui eam detulistis, adsurgite,Cic. Clu. 69, 196: fratrem adsurrexisse ex morbo,Liv. 3, 24: Valentem e gravi corporis morbo adsurgentem, Tac. H. 2, 99: intortis adsurgens arduus undis,Val. Fl. 3, 476: desine viso adsurgere pulvere,Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 3.—Hence, with dat. or absol., to rise up to one, to rise up, out of respect.
* Transf.
* Of inanimate things: colles adsurgunt,rise,Liv. 22, 4; so Col. 2, 2, 1, and Tac. A. 13, 38: Pyramis adsurgit trecentis sexaginta tribus pedibus,Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 80: Delos adsurgit Cynthio monte,id. 4, 12, 22, § 66.
* To mount up, to rise, to increase in size, swell, tower up (poet.): cum subito adsurgens fluctu nimbosus Orion,Verg. A. 1. 535: adsurgens nox aurea,Val. Fl. 5, 566: tumores oriuntur, deinde desinunt, deinde rursus adsurgunt,Cels. 2, 8: non coeptae adsurgunt turres,Verg. A. 4, 86: terra jacet aggeribus niveis informis septemque adsurgit in ulnas,rises seven ells high,id. G. 3, 355: Adsurgit ceu forte minor sub matre virente Laurus, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 244.
* Of mental objects.
* To rise: nunc sera querellis Haud justis adsurgis,i. e. break out in complaints,Verg. A. 10, 95: adsurgunt irae,id. ib. 12, 494: in ultionem adsurgere,Flor. 3, 1, 10.
* To rise in courage, to rise (cf. the opp. affligi): gaudet in adversis animoque adsurgit Adrastus,Stat. Th. 10, 227.
* Of style, etc., to rise, soar: raro adsurgit Hesiodus,Quint. 10, 1, 52: neque comoedia cothurnis adsurgit,id. 10, 2, 22; cf.: sublimitate heroici carminis animus adsurgat,id. 1, 8, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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