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  • 1 Celsus

    1.
    celsus, a, um, adj. [P. a., of obsolete 2. cello, found in antecello, excello, etc., to rise high, tower; root kar-, in karê, karênon, korus; cerebrum, crista, pro-ceres; calamus, culmus, columna, etc.], raised high, extending upward, high, lofty (syn.: altus, erectus, sublimis, elatus, procerus).
    I.
    Physically:

    (deus homines) humo excitatos, celsos et erectos constituit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    celsissimo Germano procerior (Judaeus),

    Col. 3, 8, 2:

    status (oratoris) et erectus et celsus,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf. Liv. 30, 32, 11;

    and celsior ingressus,

    Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51:

    in cornua cervus,

    Ov. M. 10, 538 (cf.:

    surgens in cornua cervus,

    Verg. A. 10, 725):

    capitolia,

    Verg. A. 8, 653:

    turres,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 10; Ov. M. 3, 61:

    Acherontia,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 14:

    Apenninus,

    id. Epod. 16, 29; cf.:

    vertex montis, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 7, 13: celsa Paphus atque Cythera,

    lofty, Verg. A. 10, 51:

    ne, si celsior (ibis), ignis adurat (opp. demissior),

    Ov. M. 8, 205.—
    II.
    Morally.
    A.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    High, lofty, elevated above that which is common, great (syn.:

    erectus, eminens, excellens, altus): celsus et erectus et ea, quae homini accidere possunt, omnia parva ducens,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42:

    generosior celsiorque,

    Quint. 1, 3, 30:

    mente,

    Sil. 16, 188.—
    2.
    Elevated in rank or station, noble, eminent:

    celsissima sedes dignitatis atque honoris,

    Cic. Sull. 2, 5:

    eques,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 42; cf. under adv. and Celeres.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, haughty, proud, high-spirited:

    haec jura suae civitatis ignorantem, erectum et celsum, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

    celsi et spe haud dubia feroces,

    Liv. 7, 16, 5:

    celsi Ramnes,

    Hor. A. P. 342; Sil. 16, 187.—Hence, adv.: celsē.
    I.
    (Acc. to I.) High; comp., Col. 4, 19, 2; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 387; Amm. 25, 4.—
    II.
    (Acc. to II.) Nobly:

    nati,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 145 (others read: celso natorum honore).
    2.
    Celsus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; esp.,
    I.
    A. Cornelius Celsus, the greatest of the Roman writers on medicine. —
    II.
    C. Albinovanus, a friend of Horace, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 15; 1, 8, 1.

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  • 2 celsus

    1.
    celsus, a, um, adj. [P. a., of obsolete 2. cello, found in antecello, excello, etc., to rise high, tower; root kar-, in karê, karênon, korus; cerebrum, crista, pro-ceres; calamus, culmus, columna, etc.], raised high, extending upward, high, lofty (syn.: altus, erectus, sublimis, elatus, procerus).
    I.
    Physically:

    (deus homines) humo excitatos, celsos et erectos constituit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

    celsissimo Germano procerior (Judaeus),

    Col. 3, 8, 2:

    status (oratoris) et erectus et celsus,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59; cf. Liv. 30, 32, 11;

    and celsior ingressus,

    Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51:

    in cornua cervus,

    Ov. M. 10, 538 (cf.:

    surgens in cornua cervus,

    Verg. A. 10, 725):

    capitolia,

    Verg. A. 8, 653:

    turres,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 10; Ov. M. 3, 61:

    Acherontia,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 14:

    Apenninus,

    id. Epod. 16, 29; cf.:

    vertex montis, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 7, 13: celsa Paphus atque Cythera,

    lofty, Verg. A. 10, 51:

    ne, si celsior (ibis), ignis adurat (opp. demissior),

    Ov. M. 8, 205.—
    II.
    Morally.
    A.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    High, lofty, elevated above that which is common, great (syn.:

    erectus, eminens, excellens, altus): celsus et erectus et ea, quae homini accidere possunt, omnia parva ducens,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42:

    generosior celsiorque,

    Quint. 1, 3, 30:

    mente,

    Sil. 16, 188.—
    2.
    Elevated in rank or station, noble, eminent:

    celsissima sedes dignitatis atque honoris,

    Cic. Sull. 2, 5:

    eques,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 42; cf. under adv. and Celeres.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, haughty, proud, high-spirited:

    haec jura suae civitatis ignorantem, erectum et celsum, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

    celsi et spe haud dubia feroces,

    Liv. 7, 16, 5:

    celsi Ramnes,

    Hor. A. P. 342; Sil. 16, 187.—Hence, adv.: celsē.
    I.
    (Acc. to I.) High; comp., Col. 4, 19, 2; Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 387; Amm. 25, 4.—
    II.
    (Acc. to II.) Nobly:

    nati,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 145 (others read: celso natorum honore).
    2.
    Celsus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; esp.,
    I.
    A. Cornelius Celsus, the greatest of the Roman writers on medicine. —
    II.
    C. Albinovanus, a friend of Horace, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 15; 1, 8, 1.

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  • 3 aedifico

    aedĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [aedesfacio], lit. to erect a building, to build; and in gen., to build, raise, erect, or establish any thing.
    I.
    Lit.: aedificare cum sit proprie aedem facere, ponitur tamen katachrêstikôs in omni genere constructionis, Fest. p. 13 Müll.; hence in the first signif. for the most part
    (α).
    Absol.:

    aedificare diu cogitare oportet,

    Cato, R. R. 3, 1:

    ecce aedificat,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 56:

    ad quem (usum) accommodanda est aedificandi descriptio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

    tribus locis aedifico, reliqua reconcinno,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 6:

    lautius, id Leg. 2, 1, 3: belle,

    id. Att. 9, 13 al.:

    accuratius ad frigora atque aestus vitandos,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

    diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 100; so id. S. 2, 3, 308.—
    (β).
    With object:

    domum,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4; so Vulg. Exod. 1, 21:

    casas,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 247.—
    II.
    In gen., to build, construct, etc.:

    navim,

    Plaut. Mer. prol. 87 piscinas, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 5:

    navem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18:

    urbem,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 53; so Vulg. Exod. 1, 11:

    oppida,

    ib. 2 Para. 26, 6:

    turrim,

    ib. Matt. 21, 3:

    murum,

    ib. 2 Para. 33, 14:

    porticum,

    Cic. Dom. 43:

    hortos,

    id. Att. 9, 13:

    equum,

    Verg. A. 2, 16:

    mundum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 25:

    tot adhuc compagibus altum aedificat caput,

    i.e. makes it, by bands and hair ornaments, a high tower, Juv. 6, 501.—
    III.
    Fig., to build up, establish:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 2.—And (eccl.) in a religious sense, to build up, instruct, edify.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    caritas aedificat,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 8, 1:

    non omnia aedificant,

    ib. ib. 16, 23.—
    (β).
    With object:

    semetipsum,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 4:

    alterutrum,

    ib. 1 Thess. 5, 11.

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  • 4 turris

        turris is （acc. im, rarely em; abl. ī, less freq. e), f     a tower: contionari ex turri altā: celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres, H.: aënea, O.: ex materiā... turres CXX excitantur (for the defence of the camp), Cs.: vineas turrīsque egit (in attacking a town), Cs.: addebant speciem (elephantis) tergo impositae turres, L.—A high building, tower, castle, palace, citadel: pauperum tabernas Regumque turrīs, H.: Regia, O.—A dove-cot, dove-tower, O.
    * * *
    tower; high building, palace, citadel; dove tower, dove cot

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  • 5 turris

    turris, is (acc. turrim and turrem; abl. turri and turre; v. Neue, Formenl. I. 196 sqq.), f., = turris.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a tower:

    eā ballistā si pervortam turrim,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 59: apud vetustam turrem, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 761 P.:

    Dionysius contionari ex turri altā solebat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    in omni turre,

    Val. Fl. 1, 14:

    celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 11; cf.

    altae,

    id. Epod. 17, 70:

    Dardanae,

    id. C. 4, 6, 7:

    aënea,

    Ov. Am. 2, 19, 27.—
    B.
    In partic., a military tower, for defence of a camp or the walls of a city:

    turrim in praecipiti stantem Adgressi ferro,

    Verg. A. 2, 460; Caes. B. G. 5, 40; 6, 29; id. B. C. 3, 9; Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 4;

    for attack in a siege,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 21; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Liv. 32, 17, 17;

    on the backs of elephants,

    id. 37, 40, 4;

    on a ship,

    id. 37, 24, 6 et saep.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    For any high building, a castle, palace, citadel:

    pauperum tabernas Regumque turres,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 14; so,

    regia,

    Ov. M. 8, 14:

    Maecenatiana,

    Suet. Ner 38:

    maris vastum prospectet turribus aequor,

    Tib. 1, 7, 19.—
    B.
    A dove-cot built in the form of a tower, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 6; Ov. P. 1, 6, 51.—
    C.
    A kind of battlearray when the troops were arranged in a square, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. serra, p. 344 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1.

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  • 6 specula

    1.
    spĕcŭla, ae, f. [id.].
    I.
    A high place from which to look out, a look-out, watch-tower:

    specula, de quo prospicimus,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 82 Müll.:

    praedonum adventum significabat ignis e speculā sublatus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93:

    dat signum speculā ab altā,

    Verg. A. 3, 239; Luc. 6, 279:

    tamquam ex aliquā speculā prospexi tempestatem futuram,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Col. 7, 3 fin. al.— Plur., Liv. 29, 23' specularum significationem Sinon invenit, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202; Stat. Th. 6, 547; App. de Mundo, p. 69, 40.—
    * B.
    Trop., a watchtower: stetit Caesar in illā amicitiae speculā, [p. 1739] Plin. Pan. 86, 4.—
    II.
    In gen.
    A.
    In speculis esse, to be on the watch or lookout:

    nunc homines in speculis sunt, observant, quemadmodum sese unusquisque vestrum gerat,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46; cf. id. Deiot. 8, 22:

    in speculis omnis Abydos erat, Ov. H. (17), 18, 12: in speculis atque insidiis relicti,

    Cic. Mur. 37, 79:

    diem unum in speculis fuit,

    Liv. 34, 26:

    gentis paratas pendere in speculis,

    Claud. B. Get. 569.—
    B.
    Poet., like skopia, a high place, height, eminence:

    in speculis summoque in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,

    Verg. A. 11, 526; so of the summits of mountains, id. E. 8, 59; id. A. 10, 454; of the high walls of a city, id. ib. 11, 877; 4, 586.
    2.
    spēcŭla, ae, f. dim. [spes; cf. recula, from res], a slight hope (rare but class.):

    estne quid in te speculae?

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 9; id. Cas. 2, 4, 27:

    ulla nec specula est,

    id. Rud. 3, 3, 3; Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

    oblectabar speculā,

    id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

    cassae speculae renuntias fortiter,

    App. M. 6, p. 175, 17:

    tenui speculā solabar clades ultimas,

    id. ib. 10, p. 253, 5.

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  • 7 Turrita

    turrītus, a, um, adj. [turris], set, furnished, or fortified with towers, towered, turreted, castled, castellated (mostly poet.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Moenia, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 47:

    muri,

    id. P. 3, 4, 105:

    castella,

    Luc. 6, 39:

    puppes,

    Verg. A. 8, 693: elephanti, Auct. B. Afr. 30, 2; 41, 2; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22; cf.:

    inde boves Lucas turrito corpore tetros,

    Lucr. 5, 1301;

    called turrita moles,

    Sil. 9, 239; cf.

    turriger: tempora murali cinctus turrita coronā,

    id. 13, 366.—
    B.
    Turrīta, ae, adj. f., tower-crowned, turreted, an epithet of Cybele (v. turriger, II.):

    dea,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 52:

    Berecyntia mater,

    Verg. A. 6, 785:

    mater,

    Ov. M. 10, 696; cf. id. F. 4, 219 sq.; Sid. Carm. 5, 13.—
    II.
    Transf., tower-shaped, towering, high, lofly:

    scopuli,

    Verg. A. 3, 536:

    corona,

    i. e. a lofly head-dress, Luc. 2, 358:

    caput,

    Prud. Psych. 183:

    vertex,

    Hier. Ep. 130, 7.

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  • 8 turritus

    turrītus, a, um, adj. [turris], set, furnished, or fortified with towers, towered, turreted, castled, castellated (mostly poet.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Moenia, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 47:

    muri,

    id. P. 3, 4, 105:

    castella,

    Luc. 6, 39:

    puppes,

    Verg. A. 8, 693: elephanti, Auct. B. Afr. 30, 2; 41, 2; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22; cf.:

    inde boves Lucas turrito corpore tetros,

    Lucr. 5, 1301;

    called turrita moles,

    Sil. 9, 239; cf.

    turriger: tempora murali cinctus turrita coronā,

    id. 13, 366.—
    B.
    Turrīta, ae, adj. f., tower-crowned, turreted, an epithet of Cybele (v. turriger, II.):

    dea,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 52:

    Berecyntia mater,

    Verg. A. 6, 785:

    mater,

    Ov. M. 10, 696; cf. id. F. 4, 219 sq.; Sid. Carm. 5, 13.—
    II.
    Transf., tower-shaped, towering, high, lofly:

    scopuli,

    Verg. A. 3, 536:

    corona,

    i. e. a lofly head-dress, Luc. 2, 358:

    caput,

    Prud. Psych. 183:

    vertex,

    Hier. Ep. 130, 7.

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  • 9 specula

        specula ae, f    [SPEC-], a look-out, watchtower: ignis e speculā sublatus: dat signum speculā ab altā. V.: in hac tamquam speculā conlocati: speculis per omnia promunturia positis, L.—Fig., in the phrase, in speculis, on the watch, on the look-out, on guard: nunc homines in speculis sunt: in speculis omnis Abydos erat, O.: diem unum in speculis fuit, L.— A high place, height, summit, eminence: in speculis Planities ignota iacet, V.: e speculis lucem vidit, V.
    * * *
    lookout; watch tower; high place; slight hope, glimmer of hope

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  • 10 īn-surgō

        īn-surgō surrēxī, surrēctus, ere,    to rise up, rise, lift oneself: attolli et insurgere, Ta.: (serpens) arduus insurgens, V.: Altior insurgens heros, V.: Ostendit dextram insurgens Entellus (for the blow), V.: insurgite remis, rise on your oars, V.: suis insurgere regnis, i. e. to seize, O.—To rise, tower, stand high, be lifted: inde colles insurgunt, L.: acuta silex Speluncae dorso insurgens, V.— Fig., to rise, increase, gather force: Insurgat Aquilo, H.: Vastius insurgens impetus undae, O.: Caesar paulatim insurgere, rose to power, Ta.

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  • 11 spēcula

        spēcula ae, f dim.    [spes], a slight hope, glimmer of hope: aliquid speculae degustare.
    * * *
    lookout; watch tower; high place; slight hope, glimmer of hope

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  • 12 adsurgo

    as-surgo ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Merk., Halm, Weissenb.; ass-, Roth), surrexi, surrectum, 3, v. n., 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).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.
    a.
    With dat.:

    an quisquam in curiam venienti adsurrexit?

    Cic. Pis. 12:

    Utque viro Phoebi chorus adsurrexerit omnis,

    Verg. E. 6, 66: Ruricolae Cereri teneroque adsurgite Baccho, * Ov. Am. 3, 2, 53:

    honori numinis,

    Stat. Th. 2, 60:

    cum palam esset ipsum quoque iisdem et assurgere et decedere viā,

    Suet. Tib. 31:

    cum conaretur assurgere,

    id. Caes. 78 al.:

    non adsurrexisse sibi,

    Vulg. Esth. 5, 9; so with coram (eccl. Lat.):

    coram te adsurgere nequeo,

    Vulg. Gen. 31, 35.—
    b.
    Absol.:

    neque assurgere neque salutare se dignantem,

    Suet. Vesp. 13; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 48:

    et senes adsurgentes stabant,

    Vulg. Job, 29, 8. —In pass. impers.:

    ut majoribus natu adsurgatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48:

    cum adsurrectum ei non esset,

    Liv. 9, 46:

    ludos ineunti semper adsurgi etiam ab senatu in more est,

    Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 13; Suet. Aug. 56: so in a zeugma: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia... salutari, appeti, decedi, adsurgi, deduci, etc. (decedi and adsurgi being impers. here, the other verbs pers.), Cic. Sen. 18, 63.—Hence, trop., to give the preference to, to yield to:

    sunt et Aminaeae vites... Tmolius adsurgit quibus,

    yields the palm, Verg. G. 2, 98.— Poet.:

    jamque adsurgentis dextrā plagamque ferentis Aeneae subiit mucronem, i.e. dextram attollentis,

    Verg. A. 10, 797.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Of mental objects.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    To rise in courage, to rise (cf. the opp. affligi):

    gaudet in adversis animoque adsurgit Adrastus,

    Stat. Th. 10, 227.—
    3.
    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.

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  • 13 assurgo

    as-surgo ( ads-, B. and K., Rib., Merk., Halm, Weissenb.; ass-, Roth), surrexi, surrectum, 3, v. n., 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).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.
    a.
    With dat.:

    an quisquam in curiam venienti adsurrexit?

    Cic. Pis. 12:

    Utque viro Phoebi chorus adsurrexerit omnis,

    Verg. E. 6, 66: Ruricolae Cereri teneroque adsurgite Baccho, * Ov. Am. 3, 2, 53:

    honori numinis,

    Stat. Th. 2, 60:

    cum palam esset ipsum quoque iisdem et assurgere et decedere viā,

    Suet. Tib. 31:

    cum conaretur assurgere,

    id. Caes. 78 al.:

    non adsurrexisse sibi,

    Vulg. Esth. 5, 9; so with coram (eccl. Lat.):

    coram te adsurgere nequeo,

    Vulg. Gen. 31, 35.—
    b.
    Absol.:

    neque assurgere neque salutare se dignantem,

    Suet. Vesp. 13; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 48:

    et senes adsurgentes stabant,

    Vulg. Job, 29, 8. —In pass. impers.:

    ut majoribus natu adsurgatur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48:

    cum adsurrectum ei non esset,

    Liv. 9, 46:

    ludos ineunti semper adsurgi etiam ab senatu in more est,

    Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 13; Suet. Aug. 56: so in a zeugma: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia... salutari, appeti, decedi, adsurgi, deduci, etc. (decedi and adsurgi being impers. here, the other verbs pers.), Cic. Sen. 18, 63.—Hence, trop., to give the preference to, to yield to:

    sunt et Aminaeae vites... Tmolius adsurgit quibus,

    yields the palm, Verg. G. 2, 98.— Poet.:

    jamque adsurgentis dextrā plagamque ferentis Aeneae subiit mucronem, i.e. dextram attollentis,

    Verg. A. 10, 797.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Of mental objects.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    To rise in courage, to rise (cf. the opp. affligi):

    gaudet in adversis animoque adsurgit Adrastus,

    Stat. Th. 10, 227.—
    3.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > assurgo

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