erect (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. ērectus2. rectus • erect (adj.): 1. ērectus: an e. gait, e. incessus, Tac. Join: (homines) humo excitati, celsi et erecti, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140. 2. rectus: while old-age is but begun and still e., dum prima et r. senectus, Juv. 3, 26: v. upright. Phr.: to cause to stand e., ērĭgo, rexi, ctum, 3: (nature) formed man only e., solum hominem erexit, Cic. (v. to raise): my hair stood e., comae steterunt, Virg.: hair e. and bristling, horrida caesaries, Ov.
erect (v.) Copy link Outline I. To raise aloftII. To build1. excĭto, 1 (to a height)2. exstruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to raise a pile)3. stătuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to set up)4. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum., 3 (to place5. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (esp. of monuments, statues)6. ēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to rear to a great height)7. exĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to complete) • erect (v.): I. To raise aloft: ērĭgo, tollo: v. to raise. II. To build: 1. excĭto, 1 (to a height): to e. a tomb of stone, sepulcrum e lapide ex., Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68: to e. towers, turres ex, Caes. 2. exstruo, xi, ctum, 3 (to raise a pile): to e. a tomb, sepulcrum ex., Cic. l. c.: v. to build up. 3. stătuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to set up): to e. an imperishable memorial of enmity, aeternum inimicitiarum monumentum s., Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 70: v. to set up. 4. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum., 3 (to place: hence generally with a reference to the site of the erection): e. thou four altars by the temples, quatuor aras ad delubra constitue, Virg. G. 4, 541: he e.'d a temple at the foot of the Palatium, templum in radicibus Palatii constituit, Just.: also absol., esp. poet.: she e.s a cenotaph, inane sepulcrum constituit, Ov. Met. 5, 569. 5. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (esp. of monuments, statues): to e. a trophy, tropaeum p., Nep. Dat. 8, med.: to e. a statue to any one, alicui statuam p., Cic.: also of buildings (poet.): to e. temples, templa p., Virg. Aen. 6, 19. 6. ēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to rear to a great height): Virg.: v. to rear. 7. exĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (to complete): I have e.'d a monument more enduring than brass, exegi monumentum aere perennius, Hor.
ERECT Copy link • ERECT 1. PROPR., excitare (e.g., a monument, a tower): educere (to raise to a great height; e.g., Pyramids): statuere: constituere (to place, etc.; a column, trophy, tent, etc.): exstruere (build up; a monument, etc.). IMPROPR., Erect myself into (e.g., “to erect myself into a judge”): to erect one’s self into a tyrant, tyrannidem or dominatum or principatum occupare; into a king, regnum occupare or sibi vindicare; into an umpire, *arbitrum se offerre: *arbitri partes sibi sumere; into a judge, *judicis partes sibi sumere. To found, constituere: condere: to erect a commonwealth that will last, diuturnam rempublicam serere (Cic.): constituere rempublicam, quae possit esse diuturna [Vid: To FOUND]: to erect a college, school, etc., *collegium, gymnasium instituere. 2. adj., rectus: erectus: Cels. et erectus. To place erect, erigere: to stand erect, rectum assistere: to walk erect, erectum vadere, incedere: one who can not walk erect, quem femora destituunt: to keep erect, sustinere; sustentare: to keep one’s self erect, se sustinere (also figuratively), or (if one is in danger of falling) se a lapsu sustinere.