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  • 1 ad - surgō (ass-)

        ad - surgō (ass-) surrēxī, surrēctus, ere,    to rise up, rise, stand up: adsurgite: querellis Haud iustis, V.: arbore fluctum Verberat adsurgens, rising to the oars, V.: adsurgentis dextrā Aeneae, towering, V.: quantus in clipeum adsurgat, against the (enemy's) shield, V.: ex morbo, i. e. recover, L.: alcui in curiam venienti, to rise (out of respect to): viro chorus omnis, V.: Tmolius adsurgit quibus, i. e. yields the palm, V.: decedi, appeti, adsurgi, i. e. to meet with signs of respect: cum adsurrectum ei non esset, L.—Poet.: turres, V.: septem in ulnas, seven ells high, V.: adsurgens fluctu Orion, V.: adsurgunt irae, V.

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  • 2 aereus

        aereus adj.    [aes], of copper, of bronze: signa, L.: clipeus, Cu.: vectes, V.: clipeus, V.: puppis, i. e. with bronze beak, V.
    * * *
    I
    aerea, aereum ADJ
    made of/bound with/armored with/of the color of copper/bronze/brass; of/produced in/existing in/flying in air, airborne/aerial; towering/airy; blue
    II

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  • 3 arduus

        arduus adj.    [AL-, ARDH-], steep: ascensus, Cs.: via.—Poet., high, elevated, lofty: aether, O.: cervix equi: sese arduus infert, i. e. on his steed, V.: Arduus arma tenens, high in the air, V.— Fig., difficult, arduous, hard: nihil arduum sibi esse, Cs.: factu, L.: victoria, O.: virtutis via arduae, H.: arduum videtur, res gestas scribere, S.: res, hardships: rebus in arduis, H.
    * * *
    ardua -um, arduior -or -us, arduissimus -a -um ADJ
    steep, high, lofty, towering, tall; erect, rearing; uphill; arduous, difficult

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  • 4 celsus

        celsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of 2 cello], raised, elevated, lifted, towering, high, lofty: (deus homines) celsos et erectos constituit: in cornua cervus, O.: naves, V.: turres, H.: si celsior (ibis), O. — Fig., high, lofty, elevated, great: celsus et erectus et omnia parva ducens: celsissima sedes dignitatis. — Haughty, proud, high - spirited: iura ignorantem, erectum et celsum: celsi et spe feroces, L.: Ramnes, H.
    * * *
    celsa, celsum ADJ
    high, lofty, tall; haughty; arrogant/proud; prominent, elevated; erect; noble

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  • 5 ēminēns

        ēminēns entis, adj. with comp.    [P. of emineo], standing out, projecting, prominent, high, lofty: oculi: promunturia, Cs.: saxa, S.: genae leniter: trabes eminentiores, Cs.: per inaequaliter eminentia rupis, irregular spurs, L. — Fig., prominent, distinctive: species, quae nihil habeat eminentis. — Eminent, distinguished: eminentior eloquentia, Ta.: oratores, Ta. — Plur m. as subst: sinistra erga eminentīs interpretatio, Ta.
    * * *
    eminentis (gen.), eminentisor -or -us, eminentissimus -a -um ADJ
    eminent/distingished/notable; lofty/towering; prominent/projecting; foreground

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  • 6 excellēns

        excellēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of excello], towering, prominent, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent: animus ac virtus: vir virtute: inter tot unus: studium, Cs.: cycnus, of surpassing beauty, V.: nihil illo excellentius in vitiis, N.: excellentissima virtus, Cs.
    * * *
    excellentis (gen.), excellentior -or -us, excellentissimus -a -um ADJ
    distinguished, excellent

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  • 7 mōns

        mōns montis, m    [2 MAN-], a mountain, mount, range of mountains: altitudine montium defendi: altissimi, Cs.: praeceps, S.: summus, mountain-top, Cs.: radices montis, foot, Cs.: iniquus, steep, O.—Prov.: Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, great cry and little wool, H. — A mountain, mass, heap: aquarum, V.: Fertur in abruptum mons, mass of rock, V.: mons in Tusculani monte, i. e. a lofty, splendid building near Tusculum: scrobibus concedere montīs, hillocks, V.: eversum fudit super agmina montem, load of stones, Iu.—Prov.: montīs auri polliceri, i. e. extravagant promises, T.: maria montīsque polliceri, S.
    * * *
    mountain; huge rock; towering heap

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  • 8 prae-celsus

        prae-celsus adj.,    lofty, towering: rupes, V.

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  • 9 surgō

        surgō surrēxī, and subrēxī (surrēxe, for surrēxisse, H.), —, ere, perf.    [for subrigo; sub+rego], to rise, arise, get up, stand up: e lecto, T.: de sellā: ex subselliis: toro, O.: ab umbris ad lumina vitae, V.—Of a speaker, to rise, arise, take the floor: quid sit quod ego potissimum surrexerim: Surgit ad hos Aiax, O.—In the army, to break up, march: secundā vigiliā, Cu.— To rise, arise, leave one's bed, awaken: ante lucem: Cum die, O.: ad litīs novas, O.: praescripta ad munia, H.— To go up, rise, mount up, ascend: ad auras Aetherias, i. e. into life, V.: Iussit lapidosos surgere montes, O.: mare, O.: undae, V.: surgens in cornua cervus (i. e. ferens cornua ardua), towering, V.: sol, H.: ventus, V.: quae (aedes) proxima surgit ovili, stands, Iu.— To rise, spring up, grow up, be built: venerata Ceres culmo surgeret alto, H.: harundo, O.: Ascanius surgens, growing, V.—Fig., to rise, arise, occur: quae nunc animo sententia surgit? V.: discordia, V.: Ingenium suis velocius annis, O.: Sex mihi surgat opus numeris; in quinque residat, swell, O.— To rise to, rise against, attempt, attack: in Teucros, V.
    * * *
    surgere, surrexi, surrectus V
    rise, lift; grow

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  • 10 turrītus

        turrītus adj.    [turris], furnished with towers, towered, turreted, castled, castellated: moenia, O.: puppes, V.— Fem., as an epithet of Cybele, towercrowned, turreted: Berecyntia mater, V., O.— Towering, lofty: scopuli, V.
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    turrita, turritum ADJ
    crowned with towers, tower-shaped

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  • 11 aerius

    aeria, aerium ADJ
    of/produced in/existing in/flying in air, airborne/aerial; towering, airy; blue

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  • 12 mons

    mons, tis (archaic abl. montei, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 33; cf. Ann. v. 420 Vahl.), m. [etym. dub., perh. from the root min, whence also, emineo, mentum, minari; cf. minae; lit. a projecting body; hence], a mountain, mount.
    I.
    Lit.:

    montium altitudines,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

    altissimi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

    avii,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

    inaccessi,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144:

    lapidosi,

    Ov. M. 1, 44.—Prov.:

    parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said where much is promised but little performed,

    Hor. A. P. 139.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A mountain, i. e. a (heaped-up, towering) mass, a heap, quantity:

    argenti montes,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73:

    montes mali ardentes,

    id. Merc. 3, 4, 32; id. Ep. 1, 1, 78:

    ita mali maeroris montem maxumum conspicatus sum,

    id. Most. 2, 1, 6:

    mons in Tusculani monte,

    i. e. a lofty, splendid building near Tusculum, Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

    aquae,

    Verg. A. 1, 105:

    armorum,

    Sil. 10, 549.—Of a wagon-load of stones:

    eversum fudit super agmina montem,

    Juv. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 1, 145.—Prov.:

    montes auri polliceri,

    to promise mountains of gold, to make great promises, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18; so,

    maria montesque polliceri,

    Sall. C. 23, 3:

    magnos montes promittere,

    Pers. 3, 65.—
    B.
    A mountain-rock, rock in gen. ( poet.):

    fertur in abruptum magno mons improbus actu,

    Verg. A. 12, 687:

    Graii,

    Greek marble, Stat. Th. 1, 145.—
    C.
    Mountain-beasts, wild beasts (late poet.):

    consumant totos spectacula montes,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 310.

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  • 13 subrigo

    surgo and surrĭgo ( subr-): surrexi and subrexi, surrectum and subrectum, 3 ( perf. surregit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 296 Müll.;

    orig. forms: surrigit,

    Verg. A. 4, 183; Sen. Q. N. 6, 4: surriguntur, id. Ira, 1, 1 med.: surrigebant, Hier. Vit. Hil. fin.:

    subrigens,

    Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88; 10, 29, 44, § 86: subrigere, id. 18, 35, 89, § 365. —

    Sync. forms: surrexti,

    Mart. 5, 79, 1:

    surrexe,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 73), v. a. and n. [contr. from surrigo, from sub-rego].
    I.
    Act., to lift or raise up, to raise, erect, elevate (very rare;

    after the Aug. per., the original uncontracted forms were chiefly used in this sense, to distinguish it from the class. signif., II.): plaudite, valete: lumbos surgite atque extollite,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 68:

    caput,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 329:

    omnes capitum hiatus ( = capita hiantia),

    Stat. Th. 2, 27:

    surgit caput Apenninus,

    Avien. Perieg. 484:

    tot surrigit aures,

    Verg. A. 4, 183:

    terrae motus defert montes, surrigit plana, valles extuberat,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 4, 2:

    paulatim subrigens se,

    Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88:

    cristam,

    id. 10, 29, 44, § 86:

    cornua,

    Col. 7, 3, 3; cf.

    mid.: horrent et surriguntur capilli,

    rise, stand erect, Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 4:

    hastae surrectā cuspide in terrā fixae,

    Liv. 8, 8:

    mucrone surrecto,

    id. 7, 10, 10:

    calcar equo,

    Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 12:

    aures subrectae furentibus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137:

    turres subrectae,

    Sen. Ep. 86, 4:

    surrecta moles,

    Sil. 2, 599.—
    II.
    Neutr., to rise, arise, to get up, stand up (the predominant and class. signif. of the word; syn.: exsurgo, exorior).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    a mensā surgunt saturi, poti,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 62:

    a cenā,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 13:

    e lecto,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 4:

    e lectulo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    de sellā,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147:

    ex subselliis,

    id. Fl. 10, 22:

    solio,

    Ov. M. 3, 273:

    humo,

    id. ib. 2, 771; id. F. 6, 735:

    toro,

    id. M. 9, 702:

    toris,

    id. ib. 12, 579:

    ab umbris ad lumina vitae,

    Verg. A. 7, 771.—

    Esp., of an orator: cur, cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

    ad dicendum,

    id. de Or. 2, 78, 316; Quint. 2, 6, 2:

    ad respondendum,

    Cic. Clu. 18, 51:

    surgit ad hos Ajax,

    Ov. M. 13, 2.— Absol.:

    nolo eum, qui dicturus est, sollicitum surgere,

    Quint. 12, 5, 4:

    secundā vigiliā surgit,

    breaks up the camp, marches, Curt. 5, 4, 23.—
    b.
    Of things, to rise, mount up, ascend (mostly poet.;

    syn. ascendo): surgat pius ignis ab arā,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 53:

    jussit subsidere valles... lapidosos surgere montes,

    id. M. 1, 44:

    mons Rhipaeus,

    Mel. 1, 19 fin.:

    Atlas,

    id. 3, 10. —

    Of the sea: fretum,

    Ov. M. 14, 711:

    mare,

    id. ib. 15, 508:

    aequora,

    Verg. A. 3, 196:

    undae,

    id. ib. 6, 354:

    amoeni fontes,

    Quint. 8, 3, 8:

    cacumina oleae in altum,

    id. 8, 3, 10:

    fistula disparibus avenis,

    Ov. M. 8, 192; cf. poet.:

    surgens in cornua cervus ( = ferens cornua ardua),

    i. e. towering, Verg. A. 10, 725:

    umeri surgunt,

    id. ib. 10, 476:

    lux Praecipitatur aquis et aquis nox surgit ab isdem,

    Ov. M. 4, 92; id. F. 4, 629:

    sol,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 73:

    dies,

    Verg. G. 3, 400:

    luna,

    id. A. 6, 453:

    tenebrae,

    Sen. Thyest. 822:

    austri,

    Verg. A. 3, 481:

    ventus,

    id. ib. 5, 777:

    quae (aedes) proxima surgit ovili,

    stands, Juv. 6, 529.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To rise, arise, get up from bed, from sleep:

    ille multo ante lucem surrexit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    ante lucem,

    id. Att. 16, 13, a:

    cum die,

    Ov. M. 13, 677:

    mane ad invisas rotas,

    id. Am. 1, 13, 38:

    ad lites novas,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 22:

    ad praescripta munia,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 81.—
    b.
    To rise in growth, to spring up, grow up; to rise in building, be built, etc. ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

    venerata Ceres culmo surgeret alto,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 124:

    nec potuere surgere messes,

    Verg. G. 1, 161:

    harundo,

    Ov. M. 13, 891:

    sementis,

    Col. 2, 8, 5:

    surgens arx,

    Verg. A. 1, 366; cf.:

    nunc aggere multo Surgit opus,

    Luc. 2, 679:

    area cinere mixtisque pumicibus oppleta surrexerat,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 14:

    Ascanius surgens,

    growing, Verg. A. 4, 274.—
    c.
    To ascend, go up:

    ad auras Aetherias,

    i. e. into life, Verg. A. 6, 762.—
    B.
    Trop., to rise, arise, occur, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    multum supra prosam orationem surgit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 81:

    quae nunc animo sententia surgit?

    Verg. A. 1, 582:

    pugna aspera surgit,

    id. ib. 9, 667:

    discordia,

    id. ib. 12, 313:

    rumor,

    Tac. H. 2, 42:

    honor,

    Ov. F. 5, 228:

    ingenium suis velocius annis,

    id. A. A. 1, 186:

    non ulla laborum nova mi facies surgit,

    Verg. A. 6, 104.—Of the swell of a verse: sex mihi surgat opus numeris;

    in quinque residat (cf.: "in the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column," Coleridge),

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27. —
    2.
    With in or ad and acc., to rise to or against, to attempt, assume, attack, etc. ( poet. and late Lat.):

    in Teucros Aetolis surgit ab Arpis Tydides,

    Verg. A. 10, 28: surrecturus in vires, si ipse quoque lacesseretur, Amm. 31, 3, 4:

    Procopius in res surrexerat novas,

    id. 26, 5, 8:

    ad motum certaminum civilium avide surrecturus,

    id. 21, 15, 1:

    ad insontium pericula surrexerunt,

    id. 21, 13, 14; App. M. 7, p. 198, 3.

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  • 14 surgo

    surgo and surrĭgo ( subr-): surrexi and subrexi, surrectum and subrectum, 3 ( perf. surregit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 296 Müll.;

    orig. forms: surrigit,

    Verg. A. 4, 183; Sen. Q. N. 6, 4: surriguntur, id. Ira, 1, 1 med.: surrigebant, Hier. Vit. Hil. fin.:

    subrigens,

    Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88; 10, 29, 44, § 86: subrigere, id. 18, 35, 89, § 365. —

    Sync. forms: surrexti,

    Mart. 5, 79, 1:

    surrexe,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 73), v. a. and n. [contr. from surrigo, from sub-rego].
    I.
    Act., to lift or raise up, to raise, erect, elevate (very rare;

    after the Aug. per., the original uncontracted forms were chiefly used in this sense, to distinguish it from the class. signif., II.): plaudite, valete: lumbos surgite atque extollite,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 68:

    caput,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 329:

    omnes capitum hiatus ( = capita hiantia),

    Stat. Th. 2, 27:

    surgit caput Apenninus,

    Avien. Perieg. 484:

    tot surrigit aures,

    Verg. A. 4, 183:

    terrae motus defert montes, surrigit plana, valles extuberat,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 4, 2:

    paulatim subrigens se,

    Plin. 9, 29, 47, § 88:

    cristam,

    id. 10, 29, 44, § 86:

    cornua,

    Col. 7, 3, 3; cf.

    mid.: horrent et surriguntur capilli,

    rise, stand erect, Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 4:

    hastae surrectā cuspide in terrā fixae,

    Liv. 8, 8:

    mucrone surrecto,

    id. 7, 10, 10:

    calcar equo,

    Front. ad M. Caes. 2, 12:

    aures subrectae furentibus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137:

    turres subrectae,

    Sen. Ep. 86, 4:

    surrecta moles,

    Sil. 2, 599.—
    II.
    Neutr., to rise, arise, to get up, stand up (the predominant and class. signif. of the word; syn.: exsurgo, exorior).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    a mensā surgunt saturi, poti,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 62:

    a cenā,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 13:

    e lecto,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 4:

    e lectulo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    de sellā,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147:

    ex subselliis,

    id. Fl. 10, 22:

    solio,

    Ov. M. 3, 273:

    humo,

    id. ib. 2, 771; id. F. 6, 735:

    toro,

    id. M. 9, 702:

    toris,

    id. ib. 12, 579:

    ab umbris ad lumina vitae,

    Verg. A. 7, 771.—

    Esp., of an orator: cur, cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

    ad dicendum,

    id. de Or. 2, 78, 316; Quint. 2, 6, 2:

    ad respondendum,

    Cic. Clu. 18, 51:

    surgit ad hos Ajax,

    Ov. M. 13, 2.— Absol.:

    nolo eum, qui dicturus est, sollicitum surgere,

    Quint. 12, 5, 4:

    secundā vigiliā surgit,

    breaks up the camp, marches, Curt. 5, 4, 23.—
    b.
    Of things, to rise, mount up, ascend (mostly poet.;

    syn. ascendo): surgat pius ignis ab arā,

    Ov. P. 4, 9, 53:

    jussit subsidere valles... lapidosos surgere montes,

    id. M. 1, 44:

    mons Rhipaeus,

    Mel. 1, 19 fin.:

    Atlas,

    id. 3, 10. —

    Of the sea: fretum,

    Ov. M. 14, 711:

    mare,

    id. ib. 15, 508:

    aequora,

    Verg. A. 3, 196:

    undae,

    id. ib. 6, 354:

    amoeni fontes,

    Quint. 8, 3, 8:

    cacumina oleae in altum,

    id. 8, 3, 10:

    fistula disparibus avenis,

    Ov. M. 8, 192; cf. poet.:

    surgens in cornua cervus ( = ferens cornua ardua),

    i. e. towering, Verg. A. 10, 725:

    umeri surgunt,

    id. ib. 10, 476:

    lux Praecipitatur aquis et aquis nox surgit ab isdem,

    Ov. M. 4, 92; id. F. 4, 629:

    sol,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 73:

    dies,

    Verg. G. 3, 400:

    luna,

    id. A. 6, 453:

    tenebrae,

    Sen. Thyest. 822:

    austri,

    Verg. A. 3, 481:

    ventus,

    id. ib. 5, 777:

    quae (aedes) proxima surgit ovili,

    stands, Juv. 6, 529.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To rise, arise, get up from bed, from sleep:

    ille multo ante lucem surrexit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14:

    ante lucem,

    id. Att. 16, 13, a:

    cum die,

    Ov. M. 13, 677:

    mane ad invisas rotas,

    id. Am. 1, 13, 38:

    ad lites novas,

    id. ib. 1, 13, 22:

    ad praescripta munia,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 81.—
    b.
    To rise in growth, to spring up, grow up; to rise in building, be built, etc. ( poet. and in post - Aug. prose):

    venerata Ceres culmo surgeret alto,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 124:

    nec potuere surgere messes,

    Verg. G. 1, 161:

    harundo,

    Ov. M. 13, 891:

    sementis,

    Col. 2, 8, 5:

    surgens arx,

    Verg. A. 1, 366; cf.:

    nunc aggere multo Surgit opus,

    Luc. 2, 679:

    area cinere mixtisque pumicibus oppleta surrexerat,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 14:

    Ascanius surgens,

    growing, Verg. A. 4, 274.—
    c.
    To ascend, go up:

    ad auras Aetherias,

    i. e. into life, Verg. A. 6, 762.—
    B.
    Trop., to rise, arise, occur, etc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    multum supra prosam orationem surgit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 81:

    quae nunc animo sententia surgit?

    Verg. A. 1, 582:

    pugna aspera surgit,

    id. ib. 9, 667:

    discordia,

    id. ib. 12, 313:

    rumor,

    Tac. H. 2, 42:

    honor,

    Ov. F. 5, 228:

    ingenium suis velocius annis,

    id. A. A. 1, 186:

    non ulla laborum nova mi facies surgit,

    Verg. A. 6, 104.—Of the swell of a verse: sex mihi surgat opus numeris;

    in quinque residat (cf.: "in the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column," Coleridge),

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27. —
    2.
    With in or ad and acc., to rise to or against, to attempt, assume, attack, etc. ( poet. and late Lat.):

    in Teucros Aetolis surgit ab Arpis Tydides,

    Verg. A. 10, 28: surrecturus in vires, si ipse quoque lacesseretur, Amm. 31, 3, 4:

    Procopius in res surrexerat novas,

    id. 26, 5, 8:

    ad motum certaminum civilium avide surrecturus,

    id. 21, 15, 1:

    ad insontium pericula surrexerunt,

    id. 21, 13, 14; App. M. 7, p. 198, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > surgo

  • 15 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Turrita

  • 16 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > turritus

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