Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

surgo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of surgere

Latin

Alternative forms

  • subrigō (only in the archaic transitive usage)

Etymology

From subrigō, surrigō, from sub- (up from below) +‎ regō (lead, rule).

Pronunciation

Verb

surgō (present infinitive surgere, perfect active surrēxī, supine surrēctum); third conjugation

  1. (intransitive) I rise, I arise, I rise from bed, I get up, I stand up
    Synonyms: ēmergō, assurgō, orior, coorior, oborior
    • 4th c., Jerome, Canticum Canticōrum
      Surge, properā, amīca mea, formōsa mea, et venī.
      Arise, hurry up, my beloved, my beautiful, and come.
  2. (archaic, transitive) I lift up, I straighten
    Synonyms: levō, allevō, ēlevō, ērigō, excellō, scandō, ēvehō, efferō, sublīmō, tollō, ēdō
    Antonyms: abiciō, dēiciō
  3. (of things) to rise in growth, to spring up, grow up; to rise in building, be built
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.830:
      ‘auspicibus vōbīs hoc mihi surgat opus.’
      “May this work of mine rise under your auspices.”
      (Romulus has marked out the walls of Rome and prays for divine favor.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of surgō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present surgō surgis surgit surgimus surgitis surgunt
imperfect surgēbam surgēbās surgēbat surgēbāmus surgēbātis surgēbant
future surgam surgēs surget surgēmus surgētis surgent
perfect surrēxī surrēxistī surrēxit surrēximus surrēxistis surrēxērunt,
surrēxēre
pluperfect surrēxeram surrēxerās surrēxerat surrēxerāmus surrēxerātis surrēxerant
future perfect surrēxerō surrēxeris surrēxerit surrēxerimus surrēxeritis surrēxerint
passive present surgor surgeris,
surgere
surgitur surgimur surgiminī surguntur
imperfect surgēbar surgēbāris,
surgēbāre
surgēbātur surgēbāmur surgēbāminī surgēbantur
future surgar surgēris,
surgēre
surgētur surgēmur surgēminī surgentur
perfect surrēctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect surrēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect surrēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present surgam surgās surgat surgāmus surgātis surgant
imperfect surgerem surgerēs surgeret surgerēmus surgerētis surgerent
perfect surrēxerim surrēxerīs surrēxerit surrēxerīmus surrēxerītis surrēxerint
pluperfect surrēxissem surrēxissēs surrēxisset surrēxissēmus surrēxissētis surrēxissent
passive present surgar surgāris,
surgāre
surgātur surgāmur surgāminī surgantur
imperfect surgerer surgerēris,
surgerēre
surgerētur surgerēmur surgerēminī surgerentur
perfect surrēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect surrēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present surge surgite
future surgitō surgitō surgitōte surguntō
passive present surgere surgiminī
future surgitor surgitor surguntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives surgere surrēxisse surrēctūrum esse surgī surrēctum esse surrēctum īrī
participles surgēns surrēctūrus surrēctus surgendus,
surgundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
surgendī surgendō surgendum surgendō surrēctum surrēctū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • surgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • surgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • surgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to rise from one's bed, get up: e lecto or e cubīli surgere