sublevare

sub-lĕvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lift up from beneath, to raise up, hold up, support (class.: esp. freq. in the trop. sense; syn.: extollo, erigo).

Lit.:

qui nos sibi quondam ad pedes stratos ne sublevabat quidem,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

in ascensu sublevati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 34; id. B. G. 7, 47:

alterni innixi sublevantesque invicem et trahentes alii alios,

Liv. 5, 47, 2; 28, 20, 5; cf.:

jubis equorum sublevati,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

erigere se aut sublevare,

id. ib. 6, 27:

terrā sublevat ipsum,

Verg. A. 10, 831:

apes regem fessum umeris sublevant,

Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54:

inter manus sublevantium exstinctus est,

Suet. Vesp. 34 et saep.:

mentum sinistrā,

Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

retia furcis,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

oculos,

Vulg. Joan. 6, 5.—

Trop., to sustain, support, assist, encourage, console any one in misfortune (syn.:

auxilior, subvenio, lenio, sedo): aratores (opp. evertere),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215:

homines defendere et sublevare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

aliquem (opp. deridere),

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80:

aliquem (opp. laedere),

id. Caecin. 9, 23:

graviter eos accusat, quod tam necessario tempore ab iis non sublevetur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16:

oppidanos re frumentariā,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34:

provincias liberalitate,

Suet. Tib. 48:

ad sublevandos alios,

Nep. Epam. 3, 4. —Of things:

hic est status, qui unā voce omnium gemitur neque verbo cujusquam sublevatur,

Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1.—

To lighten, qualify, alleviate, mitigate, lessen an evil, to assuage:

non denique aliquo mediocri vitio tot tantaque ejus vitia sublevata esse videbuntur,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 47:

res adversae sublevantur,

id. Sull. 27, 75:

fortunam industriā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

omnium rerum inopiam,

id. ib. 3, 80:

militum laborem,

id. B. G. 6, 32:

hominum pericula,

Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

calamitates hominum,

id. Tusc. 4, 20, 46:

una illa sublevanda offensio est,

id. Lael. 24, 88:

fugam pecuniā,

Nep. Att. 2: odia, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 3, 1:

blandimentum sublevavit metum,

Tac. A. 14, 4:

nominis noyitatem dicendi gloriā maxime sublevabis,

will compensate for, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 2.

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.—

With se, [p. 656] or (more freq., esp. since the Aug. per.) mid., to set one's self up, to rise:

connituntur (pueri), ut sese erigant,

Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so,

sese aut sublevare (Alces),

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 2:

statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

i. e. raise themselves on tiptoe, Quint. 2, 3, 8; cf.:

in ungues,

id. 11, 3, 120:

in armos (equus),

Stat. Th. 6, 502:

in auras,

Ov. M. 3, 43; 15, 512:

sub auras,

Verg. A. 8, 25:

ad sidera (fumus),

id. ib. 9, 214 et saep.— Said of rising ground, Verg. A. 8, 417; Tac. G. 46; cf. under P. a.—

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.—

Trop.

In gen., to arouse, excite:

erigite mentes auresque vestras et me attendite,

Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf.

aures (with animum attendere),

id. 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.