extollo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ tollō.

Pronunciation

Verb

extollō (present infinitive extollere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to elevate
  2. to erect (a building)
  3. to exalt, extol
    Antonym: ēlevō
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 9.37:
      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.
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Conjugation

   Conjugation of extollō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present extollō extollis extollit extollimus extollitis extollunt
imperfect extollēbam extollēbās extollēbat extollēbāmus extollēbātis extollēbant
future extollam extollēs extollet extollēmus extollētis extollent
passive present extollor extolleris,
extollere 		extollitur extollimur extolliminī extolluntur
imperfect extollēbar extollēbāris,
extollēbāre 		extollēbātur extollēbāmur extollēbāminī extollēbantur
future extollar extollēris,
extollēre 		extollētur extollēmur extollēminī extollentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present extollam extollās extollat extollāmus extollātis extollant
imperfect extollerem extollerēs extolleret extollerēmus extollerētis extollerent
passive present extollar extollāris,
extollāre 		extollātur extollāmur extollāminī extollantur
imperfect extollerer extollerēris,
extollerēre 		extollerētur extollerēmur extollerēminī extollerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — extolle — — extollite —
future — extollitō extollitō — extollitōte extolluntō
passive present — extollere — — extolliminī —
future — extollitor extollitor — — extolluntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present extollere extollī extollēns —
future — — — extollendus,
extollundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
extollendī extollendō extollendum extollendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: extol

References

  • “extollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “extollo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “extollo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid
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