Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1887.surgō on page 1887
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surgere to rise
surgere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to rise.
Definitions for surgere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to get up, arise
English derivatives:
surge resurgent resurrection insurgent insurrection source resource
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To rise to one's feet, get up. (b) to get up to speak, give evidence, or sim. (c) to get up to go, rise from table, etc. (d) (of something flat, etc.) to become erect.
- 2
To rise from bed, get up. (b) (of an invalid).
- 3
To rouse oneself to action (esp. in acts of hostility or defiance).
- 4
(of heavenly bodies, etc.) To emerge above the horizon, rise; (so of a day, season, etc.). (b) (in general) to rise into view, loom up.
- 5
(of liquids, vapours, etc.) To rise to the surface or to a higher level. (b) (of persons); (fig.) to rise to a higher level of endeavour.
Sentences with surgere
Latin to English
O quam contempta res est homo, nisi supra humana surrexerit! [Naturales quaestiones, O. praef. 5]Compare What a despicable thing is man, unless he rises above the human condition. [Tr. John Clarke]
Ut iugulent hominem, surgunt de nocte latrones.Compare To cut men's throats, robbers rise in the night.
Nequiquam, quoniam medio de fonte leporum surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat.Compare All is vanity, since from the very fountain of enchantment rises a drop of bitterness to torment amongst all the flowers.
Asperius nihil est humili cum surgit in altum. [In Eutropium, 181]Compare Nothing is so cruel as a man raised from lowly station to prosperity.
Conjugation table for surgere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| surgō surgis surgit surgimus surgitis surgunt | surgēbam surgēbās surgēbat surgēbāmus surgēbātis surgēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| surrēxī surrēxistī surrēxit surrēximus surrēxistis surrēxērunt / surrēxēre | surrēxeram surrēxerās surrēxerat surrēxerāmus surrēxerātis surrēxerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| surgam surgēs surget surgēmus surgētis surgent | surrēxerō surrēxeris surrēxerit surrēxerimus surrēxeritis surrēxerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| surgam surgās surgat surgāmus surgātis surgant | surgerem surgerēs surgeret surgerēmus surgerētis surgerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| surrēxerim surrēxeris surrēxerit surrēxerimus surrēxeritis surrēxerint | surrēxissem surrēxissēs surrēxisset surrēxissēmus surrēxissētis surrēxissent |
Infinitive present surgere Infinitive perfect surrēxisse Infinitive future surrēctūrum esse | Imperative present surge surgite Imperative future surgitō surgitō surgitōte surguntō |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1887.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "surgō, surgere, surrēxī, surrēctum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed August 12, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/surgo-surgere-surrexi-surrectum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 197.surgō, surgere, surrēxī, surrēctum on page 197
