To erect: to raise vp: to set vp: to lift vp: to aduance. Abijcere & Erigere, contraria. Cic. Erigere ad gloriam & efferre. Cicer. To aduaunce and extoll to glorie. Extollere caput, & se erigere. Cic. To raise vp and aduaunce it selfe. Erigere ad spem & in spem. Cice. Liu. To put in hope: to conceiue a hope. Erigere in gradus. Colu. To raise vp in height by grieses or steppes. Erigere in aciem. Liu. In cliuum Capitolinum erigunt aciem. To lead vp to the Capitoll Erigere aculeos iudicum in rem. Ci. To stirre vp the eager & sharpe affection of the Iudges against a thing. Erigere afflictum. Cice. To succour or comfort one oppressed with miserie. Aliquem erigere. Ouid. To aduaunce to riches and honour. Animum erigere, & spem afferre. Cic. To rõfort ones miude and put him in hope. Erigite animos. Cicero. Pul vp your hartes and bee of good courage. Animum demissum & oppressum erigere. Cic. Erigere animos ad audiendum. Ci. To pul vp their spirits & harken diligently. Erigitur animus expectatione rerum bonarum. Cicero. The minde is comforted, &c. Arces erigere. Stat. To build vp: to erect. Erigere aures, & animum attendere. Cice. To giue eare and harken diligently. Caput expergefactum erigere. Lucr. Erigere caudam falcatam in sublime. Plin. To hold vp aloste his crooked taile. Erigere omnium cupiditates, & acuere industriã. Author ad Herennium. To stirce vp mens lustes and quicken their viligence. Expectarionem alicuius erigere. Plin. iun. To stirre vp ones expertation. Fumus erigitur ad sydera. Virg. A smoke rose vp to the sky. Gradum erigere. Sil. To lift vp his fooce higher in going. Iras. Sil. Iubam. Sen. To set vp the brisiles. Erige mentem. Lucan. Take a good courage: pul vp thy spyrites. Oculos erigere. Ouid. To cast vp his eyes: to looke vp. Patriam. Claud. To aduaunce his countrey to renowme and honone. Pectus. Stat. Pul vp thy hart. Erigere & recreare afflrctam & perditam prouinciam. Cicer To relieue a countrey grieuously afflicted with iniserye, & restore it to the former estate. Rempublicam erigere. Cn. Magnus Domitio. To relieue the commen weale to good estate againe. Erigere scal as ad mœnia & ad murum. Li. To set vp ladders to the walles. Se erigere. Cic. To rise vp somewhat. Se erigere & ab omnisolitudine abstrahere. Cier. To comfort himselfe, &c. Erigere se, & confirmare. Cic. To take a good hart and hard himselfe.

I. Lit.

A. In gen.: rubrum jubar, Lucr. 4, 404: caput, id. 5, 1208: ar borem (with extollere), Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39: hominem, to form erect, id. Leg. 1, 9, 26: os, id. ib. 3, 85; jacentem, Curt. 7, 3, 17: hastas, Liv. 1, 27, 8; 33, 10: digitum, Quint. 11, 3, 120: manus ad tectum, id. 11, 3, 118; cf.: scalas ad moenia, Liv. 32, 14: agmen in adversum clivum, to lead up, id. 9, 31 fin.: cf. id. 3, 18; 9, 43; 10, 26; Tac. Agr. 36: aciem in collem, id. H. 4, 71: oculos, i. e. to raise. Cic. Sest. 31, 68.—

b. With se, or (more freq., esp. since the Aug. per.) mid., to set one's self up, to rise: connituntur (pueri), ut sese erigant, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so, sese aut sublevare (Alces), Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 2: statura breves in digitos eriguntur, i. e. raise themselves on tiptoe, Quint. 2, 3, 8; cf.: in ungues, id. 11, 3, 120: in armos (equus), Stat. Th. 6, 502: in auras, Ov. M. 3, 43; 15, 512: sub auras, Verg. A. 8, 25: ad sidera (fumus), id. ib. 9, 214 et saep.— Said of rising ground, Verg. A. 8, 417; Tac. G. 46; cf. under P. a.—

B. In partic.

1. To build, construct, erect (rarely): turres, Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 1: saxeas turres, Flor. 3, 2 fin.: quis totidem erexit villas, Juv. 1, 94. —

2. Milit. t. t., to cause to halt, stop, because of the erect posture assumed: Albanus erigit totam aciem, Liv. 1, 27, 6.—

II. Trop.

A. In gen., to arouse, excite: erigite mentes auresque vestras et me attendite, Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf. aures (with animum attendere), id. Verr. 2, 1, 10: animos ad audiendum, id. Ac. 2, 4, 10: cum res relata exspectatione certaminis senatum erexisset, had aroused, excited, Liv. 37, 1; cf. under P.a. B. 2.: aculeos severitatis in rem, etc., Cic. Cael. 12, 29: libertas malis oppressa civilibus extollere jam caput et aliquando se erigere debebat, id. Planc. 13 fin.: paululum se erexit et addidit historiae majorem sonum vocis, id. de Or. 2, 12 fin.—

B. In partic., to raise up, cheer up, encourage: erigebat animum jam demissum et oppressum Oppianicus, Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf. id. ib. 70, 200; id. Att. 1, 16, 9: spem, Tac. H. 4, 71: illam tu provinciam afflictam et perditam erexisti atque recreasti, id. Verr. 2, 3, 91; cf.: rempublicam, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C fin.: rempublicam ex tam gravi casu, Liv. 6, 2, 1: multos populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae, id. 21, 19: Germanos ad spem belli, Caesarem ad coercendum, Tac. A. 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 71; Flor. 3, 18, 3: Lusitanos, id. 2, 17, 15: fiduciam Pori, Curt. 8, 13, 16: animos ad spem, id. 4, 7, 1 et saep.: non dubito quin tuis litteris se magis etiam erexerit ab omnique sollicitudine abstraxerit, Cic. Deiot. 14; so, se, id. Brut. 3, 12; id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1; 1, 3, 5; cf.: se in spem, Liv. 3, 1, 2: se ad spem libertatis, Just. 11, 1, 2: se ad imitationem, Quint. 2, 3, 10.—Mid., Just. 6, 4, 4; 23, 1, 14; Tac. H. 2, 74 fin.; id. A. 2, 71.—Hence, ērectus, a, um, P. a., set up; upright; elevated, lofty.

A. Prop.: primum eos (homines) humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituit, Cic. N. D. 2, 56; cf.: erectus et celsus status, ib. Or. 18, 59: incessus, Tac. H. 1, 53: vultus, Ov. M. 1, 86; and in the comp.: coxae, Cels. 7, 16: viriditas culmo geniculato, Cic. de Sen. 15: prorae, Caes. B. G. 3, 13, 2; cf.: petra in metae modum, Curt. 8, 11; and in the comp., Claud. Idyll. 6, 11.—Sup., Jul. Valer. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 31.—

B. Trop.

1. Elevated, lofty, noble: celsus et erectus et ea quae homini accidere possunt omnia parva ducens, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 42; cf. animus (with magnus), id. Deiot. 13, 36; in the comp.: erectior homo, id. Off. 1, 30: habet mens nostra natura sublime quiddam et erectum et impatiens superioris, Quint. 11, 1, 16; cf. Tac. Agr. 4.—

b. In a bad sense, haughty, lofty, Cic. de Or. 1, 40 fin.; cf. id. Font. 11.—

2. Intent, attentive, on the stretch: judices, Cic. Brut. 54, 200; cf.: suspensique (Horatii), Liv. 1, 25: plebs, civitas exspectatione, id. 2, 54; 3, 47: vos ad libertatem recuperandam (with ardentes), Cic. Phil. 4, 5: mens circa studia, Quint. 1, 3, 10: studium in legendo, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: multitudo, Tac. H. 4, 81; cf.: erecta in Othonem studia, lively sympathies, id. ib. 2, 11.—Comp.: ad agendum erectiores, Quint. 9, 4, 12.—

3. Animated, encouraged, resolute: legiones nostrae in eum saepe locum profectae alacri animo et erecto, unde, etc., Cic. de Sen. 20, 75: nunc vero multo sum erectior, id. Phil. 4, 1, 2: erectis animis, Tac. A. 3, 7.—Adv.: ērectē (acc. to B. 3.), boldly, courageously (late Lat.); in the comp.: judicare, Gell. 7, 3 fin.: loqui, Amm. 15, 5.