What does ēmergō mean in Latin?

ēmergō, a verb, means “to emerge (from the water); to surface; to arise or come forth”.

What are the principal parts of ēmergō?

ēmergō, ēmergere, ēmersī, ēmersum (third conjugation).

How do you pronounce ēmergō?

In classical Latin, [eːˈmɛr.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈmɛr.ɡo].

Where does ēmergō come from?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēmergō.

Which English words come from ēmergō?

English words that go back to Latin ēmergō include emergency, emerge and emergent.

ēmergō, ēmergere, ēmersī, ēmersum — meaning & conjugation

Meaning

to emerge (from the water)
to surface
to arise or come forth

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ex aquā exeō

ēmergō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 15

ex perīculō ēvādō

ēmergō -ere, -mersī — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 9

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	ēmergō	ēmergēbam	ēmergam	ēmersī	ēmerseram	ēmerserō
2nd sg.	ēmergis	ēmergēbās	ēmergēs	ēmersistī	ēmerserās	ēmerseris
3rd sg.	ēmergit	ēmergēbat	ēmerget	ēmersit	ēmerserat	ēmerserit
1st pl.	ēmergimus	ēmergēbāmus	ēmergēmus	ēmersimus	ēmerserāmus	ēmerserimus
2nd pl.	ēmergitis	ēmergēbātis	ēmergētis	ēmersistis	ēmerserātis	ēmerseritis
3rd pl.	ēmergunt	ēmergēbant	ēmergent	ēmersērunt ēmersēre	ēmerserant	ēmerserint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	ēmergam	ēmergerem	ēmerserim	ēmersissem
2nd sg.	ēmergās	ēmergerēs	ēmerserīs	ēmersissēs
3rd sg.	ēmergat	ēmergeret	ēmerserit	ēmersisset
1st pl.	ēmergāmus	ēmergerēmus	ēmerserīmus	ēmersissēmus
2nd pl.	ēmergātis	ēmergerētis	ēmerserītis	ēmersissētis
3rd pl.	ēmergant	ēmergerent	ēmerserint	ēmersissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	ēmergor	ēmergēbar	ēmergar
2nd sg.	ēmergeris ēmergere	ēmergēbāris ēmergēbāre	ēmergēris ēmergēre
3rd sg.	ēmergitur	ēmergēbātur	ēmergētur
1st pl.	ēmergimur	ēmergēbāmur	ēmergēmur
2nd pl.	ēmergiminī	ēmergēbāminī	ēmergēminī
3rd pl.	ēmerguntur	ēmergēbantur	ēmergentur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	ēmergar	ēmergerer
2nd sg.	ēmergāris ēmergāre	ēmergerēris ēmergerēre
3rd sg.	ēmergātur	ēmergerētur
1st pl.	ēmergāmur	ēmergerēmur
2nd pl.	ēmergāminī	ēmergerēminī
3rd pl.	ēmergantur	ēmergerentur

imperative

imperative
form	active	passive
pres. 2nd sg.	ēmerge	ēmergere
pres. 2nd pl.	ēmergite	ēmergiminī
fut. 2nd sg.	ēmergitō	ēmergitor
fut. 3rd sg.	ēmergitō	ēmergitor
fut. 2nd pl.	ēmergitōte	—
fut. 3rd pl.	ēmerguntō	ēmerguntor

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	ēmergere	ēmergī
perfect infinitive	ēmersisse	ēmersum esse
future infinitive	ēmersūrum esse	ēmersum īrī
present participle	ēmergēns ēmergente, ēmergentem, ēmergentēs, ēmergentī, ēmergentia, ēmergentibus, ēmergentis, ēmergentīs, ēmergentium	—
perfect participle	—	ēmersus ēmersa, ēmersā, ēmersae, ēmersam, ēmersārum, ēmersās, ēmerse, ēmersīs, ēmersō, ēmersōrum, ēmersōs
future participle	ēmersūrus ēmersūra, ēmersūrā, ēmersūrae, ēmersūram, ēmersūrārum, ēmersūrās, ēmersūre, ēmersūrī, ēmersūrīs, ēmersūrō, ēmersūrōrum, ēmersūrōs, ēmersūrum	ēmergendus ēmergundus, ēmergenda, ēmergendā, ēmergendae, ēmergendam, ēmergendārum, ēmergendās, ēmergende, ēmergendīs, ēmergendōrum, ēmergendōs, ēmergunda, ēmergundā, ēmergundae, ēmergundam, ēmergundārum, ēmergundās, ēmergunde, ēmergundī, ēmergundīs, ēmergundō, ēmergundōrum, ēmergundōs, ēmergundum

gerundēmergendī, ēmergendō, ēmergendumsupineēmersum, ēmersū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

(se) ex aqua emergere: to come to the surface.

ē-mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

I. Act., to bring forth, bring to light, raise up (very rare; mostly with se, or pass. in mid. sense), to come forth, come out, to rise up, emerge (not in Plaut., Caes., Verg., or Hor.).

A. Lit.: emersere e gurgite vultus Nereides, Cat. 64, 14: ex undis Cancri pars sese emergit in astra, Manil. 5, 198; se torrens imo hiatu, Auct. Aetn. 118: se lux pelago, Avien. Perieg. 126: tibi (somnianti) subito sum visus emersus e flumine, Cic. Div. 2, 68; so, emersus e palude, Liv. 1, 13: emersus paludibus, Tac. A. 1, 65.— Poet.: cernis et emersas in lucem tendere noctes, Ov. M. 15, 186; nox emersa, id. F. 3, 399.—

B. Trop., to extricate or free one's self, to raise one's self up, to rise: sese ex malis, Ter. And. 3, 3, 30 Ruhnk.; so Nep. Att. 11, 1: homo emersus subito ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum, Cic. Sest. 9; cf.: tu emersus e caeno, id. Vatin. 7, 17: velut emerso ab admiratione animo, Liv. 8, 7 fin.—Once perh. act.: ut possim rerum tantas emergere moles, Manil. 1, 116.—Far more freq. and class.,

II. Neutr. (i. q. the preceding emergere se), to come forth, come up, arise, emerge.

A. Lit.

1. In gen.: equus emersit e flumine, Cic. Div. 2, 31 fin.: e vadis, id. Cael. 21: ex alto, id. Fin. 4, 23, 64: de paludibus, Liv. 22, 3: ab infima ara (anguis), Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72: sub exsistentibus glebis (pisces), Liv. 42, 2: extra aquam Plin. 13, 18, 32, § 109; 2, 88, 89, § 203: foras (with exsilire), Lucr. 2, 200: ad ortus, id. 5, 697: in suam lucem (luna), Liv. 44, 37 et saep.: ex Antiati in Appiam ad Tres Tabernas, to get away, escape, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2; cf.: e patrio regno (with Cappadociae latebris se occultare), id. de Imp. Pomp. 3: aegre in apertos campos (Manlius), Liv. 21, 25 al.—Absol.: aves, quae se in mari mergerent: quae cum emersissent, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 49; cf. id. Fin. 3, 14 fin.: sol. id. Arat. 76 (also, id. N. D. 2, 44, 113); Tac. G. 45; cf. stellae, Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58 al.—Impers. tot res repente circumvallant, unde emergi non potest, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 4.—

2. In partic., to come forth, come up, break forth, as a plant or animal, when it springs up or is born: viriditas e vaginis emergit, etc., Cic. de Sen. 15, 51; cf.: flos ex caule, Plin. 21, 17, 66, § 106: totus infans utero, id. 11, 51, 112, § 270: ova, id. 10, 52, 74, § 145: ventus, id. 2, 82, 84, § 198.—

B. Trop., to extricate one's self from, to raise one's self up, to emerge, get clear: ex sermone emersit, Cic. Cael. 31, 75: ex miserrimis naturae tuae sordibus, id. Pis. 12, 27: ex peculatus judicio, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5: ex paternis probris ac vitiis, id. ib. 2, 3, 69: ex mendicitate, id. Vatin. 9 fin.: vixdum e naufragiis prioris culpae cladisque, Liv. 5, 52, 1: ex obnoxia pace, id. 9, 10: ex omni saevitia fortunae (virtus), id. 25, 38; Dig. 47, 10, 5 fin.: cum tam multa ex illo mari (sc. Ponto) bella emerserint, have arisen, broken out, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58: equidem multos vidi emersisse aliquando, et se ad frugem bonam, ut dicitur, recepisse, have raised themselves up, have risen, Cic. Cael. 12: hac autem re incredibile est quantum civitates emerserint, have raised themselves up, elevated themselves, id. Att. 6, 2, 4; cf.: ad summas opes, Lucr. 2, 13; 3, 63: in quod fastigium, Vell. 2, 65; Juv. 3, 164: quamvis enim demersae sint leges, emergunt tamen haec aliquando, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf. id. Clu. 65, 183: nunc emergit amor, id. Att. 9, 10, 2; cf. dolor, id. ib. 9, 6, 5: ex quo magis emergit, quale sit decorum illud, etc., appears, is evident, id. Off. 1, 31; cf.: tanti sceleris indicium per Fulviam emersit, Flor. 4, 1, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic*eks
Latinēmergō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mesg- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti Proto-Italic *mezgō Latin mergō Latin ēmergō From ex- + mergō (“to dip, to immerse, to plunge”).

Descendants

Catalanemergir
Italianemergere
Portugueseemergir
Spanishemerger
Galicianemerxer
Middle Frenchemerger
Piedmonteseemerge
Romagnolemergêr

In English words that came into English from ēmergō

emergencyemergentia
emergeēmergō
emergentēmergēns