aggero
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɡ.ɡɛ.roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈad.d͡ʒe.ro]
Etymology 1
From ad- + gerō (“to bear, carry”).
Verb
aggerō (present infinitive aggerere, perfect active aggessī, supine aggestum); third conjugation
- to bear, carry, convey or bring to or towards a place
- c. 189 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 1.2.16:
- referimus gratiam furibus nostris: Nam ipsi uident quom eorum aggerimus bona atque etiam ultro ipsi aggerunt ad nos.
- We return the favor to our thieves: They themselves look on when we carry their goods here and they themselves also of their own accord bring their possessions to us
- referimus gratiam furibus nostris: Nam ipsi uident quom eorum aggerimus bona atque etiam ultro ipsi aggerunt ad nos.
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum rusticarum 3.17.6:
- et ei pisciculos minutos aggerebant frequenter, qui a maioribus absumerentur.
- And they were continuously heaping up minnows to be eaten by the larger fish
- et ei pisciculos minutos aggerebant frequenter, qui a maioribus absumerentur.
- c. 50 CE, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 4.3:
- Totas autem arbores cum ingentibus ramis in altum iaciebant, deinde saxis onerabant rursusque cumulo eorum alias arbores iniciebant, tum humus aggerebatur
- 1946 translation by J. C. Rolfe
- Furthermore, they threw whole trees with their great branches into the deep, then loaded them with rocks, again threw other trees upon the pile of rocks, and finally heaped on earth; ther trees upon the pile of rocks, and finally heaped on earth
- 1946 translation by J. C. Rolfe
- Totas autem arbores cum ingentibus ramis in altum iaciebant, deinde saxis onerabant rursusque cumulo eorum alias arbores iniciebant, tum humus aggerebatur
- to stick together soft masses
Conjugation
Conjugation of aggerō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From agger (“rampart, bulwark”) + -ō.
Verb
aggerō (present infinitive aggerāre, perfect active aggerāvī, supine aggerātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Conjugation of aggerō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
- adaggerō
- aggerātim
- aggerātiō
- circumaggerō
- coaggerō
- exaggerō
- superaggerō
Further reading
- “aggĕro, gessi, gestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aggerō, gessī, gestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aggĕro, āvi, ātum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aggerō, āvī, ātum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “adgĕro, gessi, gestum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aggĕro, āvi, ātum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ- (drive)
- Latin terms prefixed with ad-
- Latin lemmas
- Latin verbs
- Latin terms with quotations
- Latin third conjugation verbs
- Latin third conjugation verbs with perfect in -s- or -x-
- Latin terms suffixed with -o (denominative)
- Latin first conjugation verbs
- Latin first conjugation verbs with perfect in -āv-