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erogo
erogo
See also: erogò
Latin
Alternative forms
- exrogō
Etymology
From ex- (“out of”) + rogō (“ask; request”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.ro.ɡoː/
Verb
ērogō (present infinitive ērogāre, perfect active ērogāvī, supine ērogātum); first conjugation
- I pay, pay out, expend, disburse.
- I expend or pay out money from the public treasury (after asking the consent of the people).
- (figuratively) I expose to death, destroy, kill.
- (figuratively) I entreat, prevail on someone by entreaties.
- (figuratively) I bring, deliver or convey water from a reservoir.
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References
- erogo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- erogo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “erogo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to spend money: pecuniam erogare (in classem)
- to spend money: pecuniam erogare (in classem)