urgeo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *worgēō, from Proto-Indo-European *w(o)rǵʰ-eye-, from *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”) (compare German würgen (“to strangle”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string, tighten, constrict”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”), Polish otwierać (“to open”)), English worry, wring, wreak, wreck.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈur.ɡe.oː/, [ˈʊr.ɡe.oː]

Verb

urgeō (present infinitive urgēre, perfect active ursī); second conjugation, defective

  1. I press, push, force, drive, urge.
  2. I weigh down, burden, oppress.
  3. I crowd, hem in, confine.

Inflection
   Conjugation of urgeo (second conjugation, no passive perfect forms)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present urgeō urgēs urget urgēmus urgētis urgent
imperfect urgēbam urgēbās urgēbat urgēbāmus urgēbātis urgēbant
future urgēbō urgēbis urgēbit urgēbimus urgēbitis urgēbunt
perfect ursī ursistī ursit ursimus ursistis ursērunt, ursēre
pluperfect urseram urserās urserat urserāmus urserātis urserant
future perfect urserō urseris urserit urserimus urseritis urserint
passive present urgeor urgēris, urgēre urgētur urgēmur urgēminī urgentur
imperfect urgēbar urgēbāris, urgēbāre urgēbātur urgēbāmur urgēbāminī urgēbantur
future urgēbor urgēberis, urgēbere urgēbitur urgēbimur urgēbiminī urgēbuntur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present urgeam urgeās urgeat urgeāmus urgeātis urgeant
imperfect urgērem urgērēs urgēret urgērēmus urgērētis urgērent
perfect urserim urserīs urserit urserimus urseritis urserint
pluperfect ursissem ursissēs ursisset ursissēmus ursissētis ursissent
passive present urgear urgeāris, urgeāre urgeātur urgeāmur urgeāminī urgeantur
imperfect urgērer urgērēris, urgērēre urgērētur urgērēmur urgērēminī urgērentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — urgē — — urgēte —
future — urgētō urgētō — urgētōte urgentō
passive present — urgēre — — urgēminī —
future — urgētor urgētor — — urgentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives urgēre ursisse — urgērī — —
participles urgēns — — — — urgendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
urgēre urgendī urgendō urgendum — —

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • urgeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • urgeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    • to persist in an argument, press a point: argumentum premere (not urgere)
    • to be pressed on all sides: undique premi, urgeri (B. G. 2. 26)
  • urge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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