Exsurge
/ɛkˈsɜːr.dʒiː/noun
A Latin imperative meaning “rise up” or “arise,” used in English mainly in ecclesiastical or historical contexts.
Did you know?Exsurge is the opening command of a famous papal bull, *Exsurge Domine* (“Arise, O Lord”), showing how Latin imperatives were used like verbal incantations of authority.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁ers-
“to rise, move upward”
Latin
Latin
surgere
“to rise, get up”
Latin
Latin
exsurgere
“to rise up, stand up, emerge”
Late Latin
Latin
exsurge
“rise up! (imperative)”
Modern English
English
exsurge
“a Latin command or title meaning “arise””
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