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verbfirst conjugation

exaggerō

exaggerō (present infinitive exaggerāre, perfect active exaggerāvī, supine exaggerātum)
Classical[ɛkˈsaɡ.ɡɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[eɡˈzad.d͡ʒe.ro]

Meaning

  1. to heap up
  2. to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate

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Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exaggerōexaggerābamexaggerābōexaggerāvīexaggerāveramexaggerāverō
exaggerārō
2nd sg.exaggerāsexaggerābāsexaggerābisexaggerāvistī
exaggerāstī		exaggerāverās
exaggerārās		exaggerāveris
3rd sg.exaggeratexaggerābatexaggerābitexaggerāvitexaggerāverat
exaggerārat		exaggerāverit
exaggerārit
1st pl.exaggerāmusexaggerābāmusexaggerābimusexaggerāvimusexaggerāverāmusexaggerāverimus
exaggerārimus
2nd pl.exaggerātisexaggerābātisexaggerābitisexaggerāvistis
exaggerāstis		exaggerāverātis
exaggerārātis		exaggerāveritis
exaggerāritis
3rd pl.exaggerantexaggerābantexaggerābuntexaggerāvērunt
exaggerāvēre, exaggerārunt		exaggerāverant
exaggerārant		exaggerāverint
exaggerārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exaggeremexaggerāremexaggerāverim
exaggerārim		exaggerāvissem
exaggerāssem
2nd sg.exaggerēsexaggerārēsexaggerāverīsexaggerāvissēs
exaggerāssēs
3rd sg.exaggeretexaggerāretexaggerāverit
exaggerārit		exaggerāvisset
exaggerāsset
1st pl.exaggerēmusexaggerārēmusexaggerāverīmus
exaggerārīmus		exaggerāvissēmus
exaggerāssēmus
2nd pl.exaggerētisexaggerārētisexaggerāverītis
exaggerārītis		exaggerāvissētis
exaggerāssētis
3rd pl.exaggerentexaggerārentexaggerāverint
exaggerārint		exaggerāvissent
exaggerāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exaggerorexaggerābarexaggerābor
2nd sg.exaggerāris
exaggerāre		exaggerābāris
exaggerābāre		exaggerāberis
exaggerābere
3rd sg.exaggerāturexaggerābāturexaggerābitur
1st pl.exaggerāmurexaggerābāmurexaggerābimur
2nd pl.exaggerāminīexaggerābāminīexaggerābiminī
3rd pl.exaggeranturexaggerābanturexaggerābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exaggererexaggerārer
2nd sg.exaggerēris
exaggerēre		exaggerārēris
exaggerārēre
3rd sg.exaggerēturexaggerārētur
1st pl.exaggerēmurexaggerārēmur
2nd pl.exaggerēminīexaggerārēminī
3rd pl.exaggerenturexaggerārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exaggerāexaggerāre
pres. 2nd pl.exaggerāteexaggerāminī
fut. 2nd sg.exaggerātōexaggerātor
fut. 3rd sg.exaggerātōexaggerātor
fut. 2nd pl.exaggerātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exaggerantōexaggerantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexaggerāreexaggerārī
perfect infinitiveexaggerāvisse
exaggerāsse		exaggerātum esse
future infinitiveexaggerātūrum esseexaggerātum īrī
present participleexaggerāns—
perfect participle—exaggerātus
exaggerāta, exaggerātā, exaggerātae, exaggerātam, exaggerātārum, exaggerātās, exaggerātī, exaggerātōrum, exaggerātōs
future participleexaggerātūrus
exaggerātūra, exaggerātūrā, exaggerātūrae, exaggerātūram, exaggerātūrārum, exaggerātūrās, exaggerātūre, exaggerātūrī, exaggerātūrīs, exaggerātūrō, exaggerātūrōrum, exaggerātūrōs, exaggerātūrum		exaggerandus
exaggeranda, exaggerandā, exaggerandae, exaggerandam, exaggerandārum, exaggerandās, exaggerande, exaggerandīs, exaggerandōrum, exaggerandōs
gerundexaggerandī, exaggerandō, exaggerandumsupineexaggerātum, exaggerātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

oratio altius exaggerata
a bombastic style.

ex-aggĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I. to raise a mound, dam, or dike; to heap up (class.; cf.: acervo, coacervo, cumulo, aggero).
I. Lit.: aggesta humo planitiem, Curt. 6, 5: terram, Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 139: clivum super capita columnarum, id. 36, 14, 21, § 96: locum operibus, to surround with ramparts, Vitr. 10, 22: pluribus stramentis exaggerandum est aviarium, to be abundantly filled, supplied, Col. 8, 11, 9.—
B. Transf., to enlarge, increase by heaping up: rem familiarem, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92; so, magnas opes, Phaedr. 3, prol. 25.—
II. Trop.: hic alteri alteris mortem morti exaggerabant, they mutually heaped up death upon death, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin.—Far more freq.,
B. Transf., to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate: nihil est ad exaggerandam et amplificandam orationem accommodatius, quam, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 27; cf.: oratio nimis alta et exaggerata (opp. humilis et abjecta), id. Or. 59, 192: quasi exaggerata altius oratio (with elatio et altitudo orationis), id. Brut. 17, 66: artem oratione, id. de Or. 1, 55; cf. beneficium verbis, id. Planc. 29, 71: immanitatem parricidii vi orationis, Quint. 9, 2, 53: injuriam nostram, id. 6, 2, 23: animus excelsus et altus et virtutibus exaggeratus, Cic. Par. 5 fin.: Xenocrates exaggerans tanto opere virtutem, extenuans cetera et abiciens, id. Tusc. 5, 18, 51: auctae exaggerataeque fortunae, id. Cat. 4, 9 fin.: juventam alicujus honoribus, Vell. 2, 129, 2. Hence, *
1. exaggĕranter, adv., with many words, Tert. de Carn. Chr. 19.—
2. exaggĕrā-tus, a, um, P. a., cumulated, heightened, elevated (very seldom): exaggerata verborum volubilitate, Petr. 124, 3.—Comp., Gell. 13, 24, 25; cf. ib. § 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexaggerō

Latin ex- Latin aggerō Latin exaggerō From ex- + aggerō.

Descendants
  • Catalanexagerar
  • Englishexaggerate
  • Frenchexagérer
  • Italianesagerare
  • Portugueseexagerar
  • Romanianexagera
  • Spanishexagerar
  • Galicianexaxerar
  • Piedmonteseesageré

Quick answers

What does exaggerō mean in Latin?
exaggerō, a verb, means “to heap up; to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate”.
What are the principal parts of exaggerō?
exaggerō, exaggerāre, exaggerāvī, exaggerātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce exaggerō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈsaɡ.ɡɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eɡˈzad.d͡ʒe.ro].
Where does exaggerō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exaggerō.