ἐγείρω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐγείρω
ἐγερῶ
ἤγειρα
ἐγήγερκα
ἐγήγερμαι
ἠγέρθην
Structure:
ἐγείρ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: Root EGER
Sense
- (active), to awaken, wake up, rouse, stir
- to rouse, stir up
- to raise from the dead, or from a sick bed, resurrect
- to raise or erect a building
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὁ ἐγείρων ἀπὸ γῆσ πτωχὸν καὶ ἀπὸ κοπρίασ ἀνυψῶν πένητα (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 112:7)
- "οὐκοῦν οὐδὲ μαντικῇ κόσμου καὶ χάριτοσ ἐφθόνει ὁ θεὸσ οὐδ’ ἀπήλαυνεν ἐνθένδε τιμωμένην μοῦσαν τοῦ τρίποδοσ, ἀλλ’ ἐπήγετο μᾶλλον ἐγείρων τὰσ ποιητικὰσ φύσεισ καὶ ἀσπαζόμενοσ, αὐτόσ τε φαντασίασ ἐνεδίδου καὶ συνεξώρμα τὸ σοβαρὸν καὶ λόγιον ὡσ ἁρμόττον καὶ θαυμαζόμενον. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 245)
- ἐὰν γάρ με ἀποκτείνητε, οὐ ῥᾳδίωσ ἄλλον τοιοῦτον εὑρήσετε, ἀτεχνῶσ ‐ εἰ καὶ γελοιότερον εἰπεῖν ‐ προσκείμενον τῇ πόλει ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ὥσπερ ἵππῳ μεγάλῳ μὲν καὶ γενναίῳ, ὑπὸ μεγέθουσ δὲ νωθεστέρῳ καὶ δεομένῳ ἐγείρεσθαι ὑπὸ μύωπόσ τινοσ, οἱο͂ν δή μοι δοκεῖ ὁ θεὸσ ἐμὲ τῇ πόλει προστεθηκέναι τοιοῦτόν τινα, ὃσ ὑμᾶσ ἐγείρων καὶ πείθων καὶ ὀνειδίζων ἕνα ἕκαστον οὐδὲν παύομαι τὴν ἡμέραν ὅλην πανταχοῦ προσκαθίζων. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 141:1)
- Κλεινιάδην δὲ τέθηπα, περιστίλβοντα νοήσασ ἀγλαϊῄ χαλκῷ γὰρ ἀνέπλεκε κάλλεοσ αὐγὴν, τοῖοσ ἐὼν, οἱο͂́σ περ ἐν Ἀτθίδι, μητέρι μύθων, ἀνδράσι Κεκροπίδῃσι πολύφρονα μῆτιν ἐγείρων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 16:2)
- ἐν τούτῳ δὲ καὶ ὁ Ῥωμύλοσ ἀντιπαρεσκευάζετο τὰ κράτστα, ὡσ ἀμυνούμενοσ ἄνδρασ τὰ πολέμια ἀλκίμουσ, τοῦ μὲν Παλατίου τὸ τεῖχοσ ὡσ ἀσφαλέστερον εἶναι τοῖσ ἔνδον ὑψηλοτέροισ ἐρύμασιν ἐγείρων, τοὺσ δὲ παρακειμένουσ αὐτῷ λόφουσ τόν τε Αὐεντῖνον καὶ τὸν Καπιτωλῖνον νῦν λεγόμενον ἀποταφρεύων καὶ χαρακώμασι καρτεροῖσ περιλαμβάνων, ἐν οἷσ τὰ ποίμνια καὶ τοὺσ γεωργοὺσ αὐλίζεσθαι τὰσ νύκτασ ἐπέταξεν ἐχεγγύῳ φρουρᾷ καταλαβὼν ἑκάτερον, καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο χωρίον ἀσφάλειαν αὐτοῖσ παρέξειν ἔμελλεν ἀποταφρεύων καὶ περισταυρῶν καὶ διὰ φυλακῆσ ἔχων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 37 1:1)
Synonyms
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- ἐπεγείρω (to awaken, rouse up, to be roused)
- ἀνακινέω (to stir up, awaken)
- ἀνατρέπω (to stir up, awaken)
- ἀνεγείρω (to wake up, rouse)
- ἀναιθύσσω (to stir up, rouse)
- ἐξεγείρω (to awaken, to be awaked, wake up)
- ἀνόρνυμι (to rouse, stir up, to start up)
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to rouse
- ἀναιθύσσω (to stir up, rouse)
- ἀνόρνυμι (to rouse, stir up, to start up)
- ὀροθύνω (to stir up, rouse, urge on)
- ἐφορμάω (to stir up, rouse against, to set)
- συνορίνω (to rouse or stir up together, with one impulse)
- ἐκκινέω (to move out of, to put up, to stir up)
- ἀγωνοθετέω (to stir up)
- ἀνασείω (to stir up)
- ἵστημι (to set up, to cause to rise, to raise)