inurgeo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From in- (“against, upon”) + urgeō (“I press, I push”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈnur.ɡe.oː/, [ɪˈnʊrɡeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈnur.d͡ʒe.o/, [iˈnurd͡ʒeo]
Verb edit
inurgeō (present infinitive inurgēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to push or thrust against
- (literally, physically): to thrust (something concrete) forward so as to cause interference: to impose (upon), to obtrude
- (metonymically): to force (either oneself, or something abstract or conceptual) upon another person in an inconveniencing manner, especially to elicit some behavior: to impose (oneself) upon; to goad, to incite, to instigate, to provoke
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “inurgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inurgeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.