Esperanto

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Etymology

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From ampleksa +‎ -igi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [amplekˈsiɡi]
  • Rhymes: -iɡi
  • Hyphenation: am‧plek‧si‧gi

Verb

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ampleksigi (present ampleksigas, past ampleksigis, future ampleksigos, conditional ampleksigus, volitive ampleksigu)

  1. (transitive) to enlarge; to amplify
    • Henri Vallienne (translator), Eneido (Aeneid), Book 9,
      Tiel do, de sep riveroj kvietaj pli ampleksigita,
      Gango fluadas silente
      It was like the Ganges fed (lit. enlarged) by the steady flow of its seven rivers and silently rising (David West translation, Penguin, 2003)

Conjugation

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