(v. a.P. a.P. a.) : ē-rĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3, v. a.rego
* To raise or set up, to erect (very freq. and class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: rubrum jubar,Lucr. 4, 404: caput,id. 5, 1208: ar borem (with extollere),Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39: hominem,to form erect,id. Leg. 1, 9, 26: os,id. ib. 3, 85; jacentem,Curt. 7, 3, 17: hastas,Liv. 1, 27, 8; 33, 10: digitum,Quint. 11, 3, 120: manus ad tectum,id. 11, 3, 118; cf.: scalas ad moenia,Liv. 32, 14: agmen in adversum clivum,to lead up,id. 9, 31 fin.: cf. id. 3, 18; 9, 43; 10, 26; Tac. Agr. 36: aciem in collem,id. H. 4, 71: oculos,i. e. to raise.Cic. Sest. 31, 68.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* To build, construct, erect (rarely): turres,Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 1: saxeas turres,Flor. 3, 2 fin.: quis totidem erexit villas,Juv. 1, 94.
* Milit. t. t., to cause to halt, stop, because of the erect posture assumed: Albanus erigit totam aciem,Liv. 1, 27, 6.
* In gen., to arouse, excite: erigite mentes auresque vestras et me attendite,Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf. aures (with animum attendere),Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10: animos ad audiendum,id. Ac. 2, 4, 10: cum res relata exspectatione certaminis senatum erexisset,had aroused, excited,Liv. 37, 1; cf. under P.a. B. 2.: aculeos severitatis in rem, etc.,Cic. Cael. 12, 29: libertas malis oppressa civilibus extollere jam caput et aliquando se erigere debebat,id. Planc. 13 fin.: paululum se erexit et addidit historiae majorem sonum vocis,id. de Or. 2, 12 fin.
* In partic., to raise up, cheer up, encourage: erigebat animum jam demissum et oppressum Oppianicus,Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf. id. ib. 70, 200; id. Att. 1, 16, 9: spem,Tac. H. 4, 71: illam tu provinciam afflictam et perditam erexisti atque recreasti,id. Verr. 2, 3, 91; cf.: rempublicam, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C fin.: rempublicam ex tam gravi casu,Liv. 6, 2, 1: multos populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae,id. 21, 19: Germanos ad spem belli, Caesarem ad coercendum,Tac. A. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 71; Flor. 3, 18, 3: Lusitanos,id. 2, 17, 15: fiduciam Pori,Curt. 8, 13, 16: animos ad spem,id. 4, 7, 1 et saep.: non dubito quin tuis litteris se magis etiam erexerit ab omnique sollicitudine abstraxerit,Cic. Deiot. 14; so, se,id. Brut. 3, 12; id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 5; cf.: se in spem,Liv. 3, 1, 2: se ad spem libertatis,Just. 11, 1, 2: se ad imitationem,Quint. 2, 3, 10.—Mid., Just. 6, 4, 4; 23, 1, 14; Tac. H. 2, 74 fin.; id. A. 2, 71.—Hence, ērectus, a, um, P. a., set up; upright; elevated, lofty.
* Prop.: primum eos (homines) humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituit,Cic. N. D. 2, 56; cf.: erectus et celsus status,ib. Or. 18, 59: incessus,Tac. H. 1, 53: vultus,Ov. M. 1, 86; and in the comp.: coxae,Cels. 7, 16: viriditas culmo geniculato,Cic. de Sen. 15: prorae,Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 2; cf.: petra in metae modum,Curt. 8, 11; and in the comp., Claud. Idyll. 6, 11.—Sup., Jul. Valer. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 31.
* Trop.
* Elevated, lofty, noble: celsus et erectus et ea quae homini accidere possunt omnia parva ducens,Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42; cf. animus (with magnus),id. Deiot. 13, 36; in the comp.: erectior homo,id. Off. 1, 30: habet mens nostra natura sublime quiddam et erectum et impatiens superioris,Quint. 11, 1, 16; cf. Tac. Agr. 4.
* In a bad sense, haughty, lofty, Cic. de Or. 1, 40 fin.; cf. id. Font. 11.
* Intent, attentive, on the stretch: judices,Cic. Brut. 54, 200; cf.: suspensique (Horatii),Liv. 1, 25: plebs, civitas exspectatione,id. 2, 54; 3, 47: vos ad libertatem recuperandam (with ardentes),Cic. Phil. 4, 5: mens circa studia,Quint. 1, 3, 10: studium in legendo,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: multitudo,Tac. H. 4, 81; cf.: erecta in Othonem studia,lively sympathies,id. ib. 2, 11.—Comp.: ad agendum erectiores,Quint. 9, 4, 12.
* Animated, encouraged, resolute: legiones nostrae in eum saepe locum profectae alacri animo et erecto, unde, etc.,Cic. de Sen. 20, 75: nunc vero multo sum erectior,id. Phil. 4, 1, 2: erectis animis,Tac. A. 3, 7.—Adv.: ērectē (acc. to B. 3.), boldly, courageously (late Lat.); in the comp.: judicare,Gell. 7, 3 fin.: loqui,Amm. 15, 5.

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