verbthird conjugation, no perfect or supine stems
extollō
extollō (present infinitive extollere)
Classical[ɛkˈstɔl.loː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈstɔl.lo]
Meaning
- to elevate
- to erect (a building)
- to exalt, extol
Paucis milites adloquitur; Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos; nec hostem hosti nec multitudinem multitudini comparandam ait; esse praeterea telum aliud occultum; scituros in tempore; interea taceri opus esse.
27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 9.37
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
laudibus tollōextollō -ere — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 12
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | extollō | extollēbam | extollam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | extollis | extollēbās | extollēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | extollit | extollēbat | extollet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | extollimus | extollēbāmus | extollēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | extollitis | extollēbātis | extollētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | extollunt | extollēbant | extollent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | extollam | extollerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | extollās | extollerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | extollat | extolleret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | extollāmus | extollerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | extollātis | extollerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | extollant | extollerent | — | — |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | extollor | extollēbar | extollar |
| 2nd sg. | extolleris extollere | extollēbāris extollēbāre | extollēris extollēre |
| 3rd sg. | extollitur | extollēbātur | extollētur |
| 1st pl. | extollimur | extollēbāmur | extollēmur |
| 2nd pl. | extolliminī | extollēbāminī | extollēminī |
| 3rd pl. | extolluntur | extollēbantur | extollentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | extollar | extollerer |
| 2nd sg. | extollāris extollāre | extollerēris extollerēre |
| 3rd sg. | extollātur | extollerētur |
| 1st pl. | extollāmur | extollerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | extollāminī | extollerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | extollantur | extollerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | extolle | extollere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | extollite | extolliminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | extollitō | extollitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | extollitō | extollitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | extollitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | extolluntō | extolluntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | extollere | extollī |
| perfect infinitive | extollisse | — |
| present participle | extollēns | — |
| future participle | — | extollendus extollundus, extollenda, extollendā, extollendae, extollendam, extollendārum, extollendās, extollende, extollendīs, extollendōrum, extollendōs |
gerundextollendī, extollendō, extollendum
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid
- to exaggerate a thing.
ex-tollo, ĕre (
I. pluperf. exsustulissent, Sen. Contr. 1, 6, 4), v. a., to lift out or up, to raise up, elevate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: (venti) fluctus extollere certant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ed. Vahl.): me in abietem, Att. ap. Non. 467, 19 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 188):
onera in jumenta, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 3: alte cruentum pugionem, Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 28: lumbos surgite atque extollite, Plaut. Ep. grex 2: neve tu umquam in gremium extollas liberorum ex te genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155 (Trag. v. 347 ed. Vahl.).— Absol.: quae sit scientia atque ars agricolarum quae circumcidat, amputet, erigat, extollat, adminiculetur, Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39. —2. In partic., to erect a building (anteand post-class.); without acc., to build, Dig. 8, 5, 5.—So trop.:
parentes fabri liberūm sunt, ei fundamentum supstruont liberorum, extollunt, etc., Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 41. —II. Trop., to raise, elevate, exalt:
ubi illa antiqua libertas, quae extollere jam caput debebat? Cic. Planc. 13, 33: fortunam (opp. deprimere), id. Pis. 18, 41 (v. deprimo): inferiores (opp. summittere se), id. Lael. 20, 72: aliquem ad caelum, to extol, id. Fam. 12, 25, 7: aliquem supra ceteros, Tac. A. 6, 8: summam famam sibi, Enn. ap. Isid. Differ. 218 (Trag. v. 28 ed. Vahl.): adolescentium animos praematuris honoribus ad superbiam, Tac. A. 4, 17: ne paterna nobilitas nepoti animos extolleret, Just. 1, 4, 4; Sen. de Ira, 1, 7: meritum alicujus verbis, Cic. Planc. 40, 95: nostram causam laudando, Auct. Her. 1, 5 fin.: aliquid in majus, Liv. 28, 31; Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 1: an mavis virtuperarier falso quam vero extolli? Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21: Hannibalis fortunam, to praise, Liv. 23, 43, 10: hostem verbis, id. 22, 25, 12: orationem amplificationibus, Quint. 12, 10, 62; cf.: humilia (stilo), id. 10, 4, 1: animos, Cic. Part. Or. 23, 81; Luc. 8, 345: animus remissione sic urgetur, ut se nequeat extollere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 54: se supra modum, Quint. 11, 1, 16: vocem, to begin to speak, Vulg. Luc. 11, 27.—B. To adorn, deck, beautify:
(hortos) a Lucullo coeptos insigni magnificentia extollebat, Tac. A. 11, 1: Baiarum suarum piscinas, id. ib. 13, 21.—C. To put off, defer (only anteclass.):
res serias ex hoc die in alium diem, Plaut. Poen. 2, 52: hoc malum in diem, id. Mil. 3, 2, 47: nuptias hodie, Caecil. ap. Non. 297, 28.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ex-tollō —, —, ere,
to lift out, lift up, raise, elevate: iacentem: caput: pugionem, Ta.: in gremium liberorum ex te genus, Enn. ap. C.: gurgite palmas, Pr.—Fig., to raise, exalt: novos, S.: opibus et honoribus extolli, Ta. — To raise, excite, elevate: animos: irā promptum animum, Ta.: hominem oratione, S.: se, to grow proud.—To extol, laud, praise: fortunam: Planci meritum verbis: Hannibalis fortunam, L. — To adorn, beautify: hortos, Ta.: piscinas, Ta.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinextollō
Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂énti Proto-Italic *tolnō Latin tollō Latin extollō From ex- + tollō.
Descendants
- Englishextol