ply your oars vigorously

in-surgo, surrexi, rectum, 3, v. n.

To rise upon, to rise up or to: insurgite remis, rise on your oars, i. e. ply your oars vigorously, Verg. A. 3, 560; 3, 207; 5, 189; so,

remis insurgitur,

Val. Fl. 2, 14:

insurgit transtris,

id. ib. 1, 450:

nigro glomerari pulvere nubem Prospiciunt Teucri, ac tenebras insurgere campis,

Verg. A. 9, 33:

sibilat insurgens capiti,

raising its head, Sil. 10, 546.—

With acc.:

jugum (i. q. in jugum),

App. M. 1, p. 103.—

To raise one ' s self, to rise, mount:

insurgat Aquilo,

Hor. Epod. 10, 7:

si forte prolapsus est, attolli et insurgere haud licitum,

Tac. G. 39, 8:

altior insurgens et cursu concitus heros,

Verg. A. 12, 902:

et (serpens) sibilat ore, Arduus insurgens,

id. ib. 11, 755:

acuta silex Speluncae dorso insurgens,

id. ib. 8, 233:

inde colles insurgunt,

Liv. 22, 4, 2:

pone tergum insurgebat silva,

Tac. A. 2, 16; so in fight, to rise for a blow:

ostendit dextram insurgens Entellus,

Verg. A. 5, 443:

altior,

Sil. 5, 294. —

Transf.

To rise, grow in power: insurgere regnis alicujus, to rise against, i. e. to aim at seizing one ' s kingdom, Ov. M. 9, 444:

Caesar insurgere paulatim,

Tac. A. 1, 2:

Romanas opes insurgere,

id. ib. 11, 16. —

Of waters, floods:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530: Atax usque eo solitus insurgere, ut se ipse non capiat, Mel. 2, 6, 6.—

To arise:

insurgunt fremitus,

Val. Fl. 2, 82. —

To rise up, to rouse or bestir one ' s self:

invigilare publicis utilitatibus et insurgere,

Plin. Pan. 66, 2.—

Of speech, to rise above the level of ordinary language, to become sublime:

Horatius insurgit aliquando,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

augeri debent sententiae, et insurgere,

id. 9, 4, 23:

haec sunt, quibus mens pariter et oratio insurgant,

id. 12, 2, 28; id. 11, 3, 13.