Fijian

Verb

rogo

1. (intransitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
2. (transitive) to hear (to perceive with the ear)
3. (intransitive) to listen (to pay attention to a sound)
4. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
5. (intransitive) to listen (to accept oral instruction)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rogus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔgo

Noun

rogo m ‎(plural roghi)

1. pyre

Derived terms

• condannare al rogo
• mettere al rogo

Verb

rogo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rogare

Japanese

Romanization

rogo

1. rōmaji reading of ロゴ

Latin

Etymology

Either from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-, cognate with Latin regō; or for *procō, cognate with Latin precor and procus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈro.ɡoː/

Verb

rogō ‎(present infinitive rogāre, perfect active rogāvī, supine rogātum); first conjugation

1. I ask, enquire
   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 5.3.5

     CAPPADOX: Iam iam faciam ut iusseris.
     THERAPONTIGONUS: Quando vir bonus es, responde quod rogo.
     CAPPADOX: Roga quod lubet.^[1]

     CAPPADOX: Here, here, I’ll do as you say!
     THERAPONTIGONUS: Now that you are decent, answer me what I ask.
     CAPPADOX: Ask what you like.^[2]

   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 627

     Haud istuc rogo. Fuistin liber? - Fui.

     That isn’t what I’m asking about. Were you a freeman? - I was.

2. I request

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• rogātiuncula
• rogitātiō

Descendants

References

• Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rogo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rogo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ROGO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rogo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests: magno opere, vehementer, etiam atque etiam rogare aliquem
    
  • to formally propose a law to the people: legem rogare or rogare populum (cf. sect. XVI. 4, note Aulus Gellius...)
    
  • to ask the opinion of..: sententiam rogare, interrogare
    
  • to make soldiers take the military oath: milites sacramento rogare, adigere
    

1. ↑ Latin
2. ↑ English

Old High German

Noun

rogo m

1. roe (of fish)

Descendants

• German: Rogen

Portuguese

Verb

rogo

1. first-person singular present indicative of rogar

Veps

Noun

rogo

1. reed

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “камыш, тростник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika