cōn-surgō

con-surgo, surrexi, surrectum, 3, v. n., to raise one's self, to rise (esp. of a multitude), to rise up together, stand up, arise (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

Of living beings:

cum Athenis ludis quidam in theatrum grandis natu venisset... consurrexisse omnes,

Cic. Sen. 18, 63; so, out of respect, impers.:

itaque in curiam venimus: honorifice consurgitur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 62, § 138; and:

in venerationem tui,

Plin. Pan. 54, 2:

(in concilio Germanorum) consurgunt ii, qui et causam et hominem probant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 23:

consurrexit senatus cum clamore ad unum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

ex insidiis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 37; cf. Liv. 2, 50, 6:

senatum... consurrexisse et petisse,

id. 38, 57, 5:

ubi triarii consurrexerunt integri,

id. 8, 10, 5; cf. id. 8, 8, 12; Cat. 62, 1; Ov. M. 7, 570:

consurgere tonsis,

Verg. A. 10, 299:

consurgitur ex consilio,

Caes. B. G. 5, 31; so,

in plausus consurrectum est,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 28:

leniter est consurgendum,

Quint. 11, 3, 156 al.:

toro consurgere,

Ov. M. 7, 344:

ad iterandum ictum,

Liv. 8, 7, 10; cf.:

in ensem,

Verg. A. 9, 749:

in poenam,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43:

ad finitimorum motus,

Liv. 33, 21, 8:

ad novas res,

Suet. Caes. 9.—

Of inanimate subjects (mostly poet.):

consurgeret aër,

Lucr. 2, 1111.— With ex, Lucr. 6, 498; 4, 929; 6, 474:

de terra ignis corpora,

id. 6, 886:

in auras corpora sponte suā,

id. 6, 1020:

mare imo fundo ad aethera,

Verg. A. 7, 530:

terno ordine remi,

id. ib. 5, 120:

limen earum in tantam altitudinem consurgit quantam, etc.,

Col. 7, 9, 13:

villa leniter et sensim clivo fallente consurgit,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 14:

consurgunt geminae quercus,

grow up, Verg. A. 9, 681:

jugata vineta,

Col. 4, 1, 5:

in gelidas consurgens Caucasus Arctos,

Val. Fl. 5, 155:

tantamque operis consurgere molem,

id. ib. 1, 499.—

Meton.

Of living beings; constr., ad or in aliquid, also absol., to rise or stand up for any (esp. a hostile) action (perh. not ante-Aug.):

ad bellum,

Liv. 10, 13, 4; 33, 19, 7:

ad novas res,

Suet. Caes. 9:

in arma,

Verg. A. 10, 90:

in iras truces,

Val. Fl. 1, 673:

in poenam,

Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 43:

in aemulationem,

Just. 12, 15:

consurgunt iterum partes,

rise, Luc. 1, 692; cf. Tac. H. 3, 1:

in nostri curam consurge tuendi,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 71:

carmine Maeonio,

id. P. 3, 3, 31.—

Of inanimate things, to arise, take rise (like A., perh. not ante-Aug.):

vespere ab atro consurgunt venti,

Verg. A. 5, 19;

so of winds: e terrā,

Plin. 2, 43, 44, § 114:

subitoque novum consurgere bellum,

Verg. A. 8, 637; Sen. Ep. 91, 5:

quā concitatione consurgat ira,

Quint. 1, 11, 12:

fama consurgit,

Val. Fl. 1, 75.