(verb) : surgo and surrĭgo (subr-): surrexi and subrexi, surrectum and subrectum, 3 (
* Perf. surregit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 296 Müll.; orig. forms: surrigit,Verg. A. 4, 183; Sen. Q. N. 6, 4: surriguntur, id. Ira, 1, 1 med.: surrigebant, Hier. Vit. Hil. fin.: subrigens,Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88; 10, 29, 44, § 86: subrigere, id. 18, 35, 89, § 365. — Sync. forms: surrexti,Mart. 5, 79, 1: surrexe,Hor. S. 1, 9, 73), and n. contr. from surrigo, from sub-rego.
* Act., to lift or raise up, to raise, erect, elevate (very rare; after the Aug. per., the original uncontracted forms were chiefly used in this sense, to distinguish it from the class. signif., II.): plaudite, valete: lumbos surgite atque extollite,Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 68: caput,Sen. Herc. Fur. 329: omnes capitum hiatus ( = capita hiantia),Stat. Th. 2, 27: surgit caput Apenninus,Avien. Perieg. 484: tot surrigit aures,Verg. A. 4, 183: terrae motus defert montes, surrigit plana, valles extuberat,Sen. Q. N. 6, 4, 2: paulatim subrigens se,Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88: cristam,id. 10, 29, 44, § 86: cornua,Col. 7, 3, 3; cf. mid.: horrent et surriguntur capilli,rise, stand erect,Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 4: hastae surrectā cuspide in terrā fixae,Liv. 8, 8: mucrone surrecto,id. 7, 10, 10: calcar equo,Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 12: aures subrectae furentibus,Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137: turres subrectae,Sen. Ep. 86, 4: surrecta moles,Sil. 2, 599.
* Neutr., to rise, arise, to get up, stand up (the predominant and class. signif. of the word; syn.: exsurgo, exorior).
* Lit.
* In gen.: a mensā surgunt saturi, poti,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 62: a cenā,Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 13: e lecto,Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 4: e lectulo,Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112: de sellā,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147: ex subselliis,id. Fl. 10, 22: solio,Ov. M. 3, 273: humo,id. ib. 2, 771; id. F. 6, 735: toro,id. M. 9, 702: toris,id. ib. 12, 579: ab umbris ad lumina vitae,Verg. A. 7, 771.— Esp., of an orator: cur, cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1: ad dicendum,id. de Or. 2, 78, 316; Quint. 2, 6, 2: ad respondendum,Cic. Clu. 18, 51: surgit ad hos Ajax,Ov. M. 13, 2.—Absol.: nolo eum, qui dicturus est, sollicitum surgere,Quint. 12, 5, 4: secundā vigiliā surgit,breaks up the camp, marches,Curt. 5, 4, 23.
* Trop., to rise, arise, occur, etc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): multum supra prosam orationem surgit,Quint. 10, 1, 81: quae nunc animo sententia surgit?Verg. A. 1, 582: pugna aspera surgit,id. ib. 9, 667: discordia,id. ib. 12, 313: rumor,Tac. H. 2, 42: honor,Ov. F. 5, 228: ingenium suis velocius annis,id. A. A. 1, 186: non ulla laborum nova mi facies surgit,Verg. A. 6, 104.—Of the swell of a verse: sex mihi surgat opus numeris; in quinque residat (cf.: 'in the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column,' Coleridge),Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27.
* In partic.
* To rise, arise, get up from bed, from sleep: ille multo ante lucem surrexit,Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14: ante lucem,id. Att. 16, 13, a: cum die,Ov. M. 13, 677: mane ad invisas rotas,id. Am. 1, 13, 38: ad lites novas,id. ib. 1, 13, 22: ad praescripta munia,Hor. S. 2, 2, 81.
* To rise in growth, to spring up, grow up; to rise in building, be built, etc. (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): venerata Ceres culmo surgeret alto,Hor. S. 2, 2, 124: nec potuere surgere messes,Verg. G. 1, 161: harundo,Ov. M. 13, 891: sementis,Col. 2, 8, 5: surgens arx,Verg. A. 1, 366; cf.: nunc aggere multo Surgit opus,Luc. 2, 679: area cinere mixtisque pumicibus oppleta surrexerat,Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 14: Ascanius surgens,growing,Verg. A. 4, 274.
* To ascend, go up: ad auras Aetherias,i. e. into life,Verg. A. 6, 762.
* With in or ad and acc., to rise to or against, to attempt, assume, attack, etc. (poet. and late Lat.): in Teucros Aetolis surgit ab Arpis Tydides,Verg. A. 10, 28: surrecturus in vires, si ipse quoque lacesseretur, Amm. 31, 3, 4: Procopius in res surrexerat novas,id. 26, 5, 8: ad motum certaminum civilium avide surrecturus,id. 21, 15, 1: ad insontium pericula surrexerunt,id. 21, 13, 14; App. M. 7, p. 198, 3.