ē-mergo — Lewis & Short
ē-mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.
I Act., to bring forth, bring to light, raise up (very rare; mostly with se, or pass. in mid. sense), to come forth, come out, to rise up, emerge (not in Plaut., Caes., Verg., or Hor.).
A Lit.:
emersere e gurgite vultus Nereides,Cat. 64, 14:
ex undis Cancri pars sese emergit in astra,Manil. 5, 198;
se torrens imo hiatu,Auct. Aetn. 118:
se lux pelago,Avien. Perieg. 126:
tibi (somnianti) subito sum visus emersus e flumine,Cic. Div. 2, 68; so,
emersus e palude,Liv. 1, 13:
emersus paludibus,Tac. A. 1, 65.— Poet.:
cernis et emersas in lucem tendere noctes,Ov. M. 15, 186;
nox emersa,id. F. 3, 399.—
B Trop., to extricate or free one's self, to raise one's self up, to rise:
sese ex malis,Ter. And. 3, 3, 30 Ruhnk.; so Nep. Att. 11, 1:
homo emersus subito ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,Cic. Sest. 9; cf.:
tu emersus e caeno,id. Vatin. 7, 17:
velut emerso ab admiratione animo,Liv. 8, 7 fin.—Once perh. act.:
ut possim rerum tantas emergere moles,Manil. 1, 116.—Far more freq. and class.,
II Neutr. (i. q. the preceding emergere se), to come forth, come up, arise, emerge.
A Lit.
1 In gen.:
equus emersit e flumine,Cic. Div. 2, 31 fin.:
e vadis,id. Cael. 21:
ex alto,id. Fin. 4, 23, 64:
de paludibus,Liv. 22, 3:
ab infima ara (anguis),Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:
sub exsistentibus glebis (pisces),Liv. 42, 2: extra aquam Plin. 13, 18, 32, § 109; 2, 88, 89, § 203:
foras (with exsilire),Lucr. 2, 200:
ad ortus,id. 5, 697:
in suam lucem (luna),Liv. 44, 37 et saep.:
ex Antiati in Appiam ad Tres Tabernas,to get away, escape, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2; cf.:
e patrio regno (with Cappadociae latebris se occultare),id. de Imp. Pomp. 3:
aegre in apertos campos (Manlius),Liv. 21, 25 al.—Absol.:
aves, quae se in mari mergerent: quae cum emersissent, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 49; cf. id. Fin. 3, 14 fin.: sol. id. Arat. 76 (also, id. N. D. 2, 44, 113); Tac. G. 45; cf.
stellae,Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58 al.—Impers. tot res repente circumvallant, unde emergi non potest, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 4.—
2 In partic., to come forth, come up, break forth, as a plant or animal, when it springs up or is born:
viriditas e vaginis emergit, etc.,Cic. de Sen. 15, 51; cf.:
flos ex caule,Plin. 21, 17, 66, § 106:
totus infans utero,id. 11, 51, 112, § 270:
ova,id. 10, 52, 74, § 145:
ventus,id. 2, 82, 84, § 198.—
B Trop., to extricate one's self from, to raise one's self up, to emerge, get clear:
ex sermone emersit,Cic. Cael. 31, 75:
ex miserrimis naturae tuae sordibus,id. Pis. 12, 27:
ex peculatus judicio,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5:
ex paternis probris ac vitiis,id. ib. 2, 3, 69:
ex mendicitate,id. Vatin. 9 fin.:
vixdum e naufragiis prioris culpae cladisque,Liv. 5, 52, 1:
ex obnoxia pace,id. 9, 10:
ex omni saevitia fortunae (virtus),id. 25, 38; Dig. 47, 10, 5 fin.: cum tam multa ex illo mari (sc. Ponto) bella emerserint, have arisen, broken out, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58:
equidem multos vidi emersisse aliquando, et se ad frugem bonam, ut dicitur, recepisse,have raised themselves up, have risen, Cic. Cael. 12:
hac autem re incredibile est quantum civitates emerserint,have raised themselves up, elevated themselves, id. Att. 6, 2, 4; cf.:
ad summas opes,Lucr. 2, 13; 3, 63:
in quod fastigium,Vell. 2, 65; Juv. 3, 164:
quamvis enim demersae sint leges, emergunt tamen haec aliquando,Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf. id. Clu. 65, 183:
nunc emergit amor,id. Att. 9, 10, 2; cf.
dolor,id. ib. 9, 6, 5:
ex quo magis emergit, quale sit decorum illud, etc.,appears, is evident, id. Off. 1, 31; cf.:
tanti sceleris indicium per Fulviam emersit,Flor. 4, 1, 6.