extollo

Latin

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Etymology

From ex- +‎ tollō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈstɔl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈstɔl.lo]

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

• extollentia
• superextollō

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid