English → Latin
“erect” in Latin
excitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stēdūcōto lead, draw or take out, forth or away; to raise up; erectstatuōto put up (something); to stand (something) in an upright position; to establish, determine, fix (the form or character cōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, constructexstruōto pile, heap or build up; to build up, raise, rear, erect, constructcondōto put together; to build, establish; form, fashion; make, construct; to put away, store or treasure up; preserve; intertyrannistyranny; arbitrary or despotic rule; the region ruled by a tyrantdominorto be lord and/or master or have dominion, domineer; to dominate, rule, reign, governregōto rule, govern, direct; to guide, steer, control; to oversee, manageērigōto raise up, elevate, lift; to lift, raise, boost; to build, erect
The English word erect itself goes back to Latin regō, through ērectus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
erect
PROPR., excitare (e.g., a monument, a tower): educere (to raise to a great height; e.g., Pyramids): statuere: constituere (to place, etc.; a column, trophy, tent, etc.): exstruere (build up; a monument, etc.).
IMPROPR., Erect myself into (e.g., “to erect myself into a judge”): to erect one’s self into a tyrant, tyrannidem or dominatum or principatum occupare; into a king, regnum occupare or sibi vindicare; into an umpire, *arbitrum se offerre: *arbitri partes sibi sumere; into a judge, *judicis partes sibi sumere.
To found, constituere: condere: to erect a commonwealth that will last, diuturnam rempublicam serere (Cic.): constituere rempublicam, quae possit esse diuturna [Vid: To FOUND]: to erect a college, school, etc., *collegium, gymnasium instituere.
erect adj.
rectus: erectus: Cels. et erectus. To place erect, erigere: to stand erect, rectum assistere: to walk erect, erectum vadere, incedere: one who can not walk erect, quem femora destituunt: to keep erect, sustinere; sustentare: to keep one’s self erect, se sustinere (also figuratively), or (if one is in danger of falling) se a lapsu sustinere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for erect?
- The usual Latin words for “erect” are excitō, ēdūcō, statuō; also cōnstituō, exstruō, condō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.