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|lshtext=<b>ergō</b>: ([[rarely]] [[with]] [[short]]<br /><b>I</b> o in Ov. and the [[post]]-Aug. poets, Ov. H. 5, 59 Lennep.; id. Tr. 1, 1, 87; Luc. 9, 256; Val. Fl. 2, 407; Claud. Ep. 4, 17), adv. for e-regō, from ex and [[root]] [[rag]]-, to [[extend]] [[upward]]; cf. Gr. [[ὀρέγω]], L. [[rego]], Germ. ragen; v. [[erga]], and Corss. Ausspr. 1, 448 sqq., [[proceeding]] from or [[out]] of.<br /><b>I</b> With gen. (placed [[after]] it, [[like]] [[causa]] and [[gratia]]), in [[consequence]] of, on [[account]] of, [[because]] of ([[ante]]-[[class]], [[but]] not in Plaut. or Ter.): quojus rei [[ergo]], [[Cato]] R. R. 141, 2: hujus rei [[ergo]], id. ib. § 3; 4; ib. 139; Tab. Publica ap. Liv. 40, 52 fin.; 41, 28 fin.: [[dono]] militari virtutis [[ergo]] donari, S. C. ap. Liv. 25, 7; so, virtutis [[ergo]], Lex ap. Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19; Sisenn. ap. Non. 107, 16: ejus victoriae [[ergo]], Inscr. ap. Nep. Paus. 1, 3: funeris [[ergo]], Lex ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23 fin.; 25 fin.: ejus legis [[ergo]], Cic. Att. 3, 23, 2; Quadrig. ap. Gell. 3, 8, 8: formidinis [[ergo]], Lucr. 5, 1246: illius [[ergo]], Verg. A. 6, 670.<br /><b>II</b> Absol. (for cujus rei [[ergo]]), [[consequently]], [[accordingly]], [[therefore]], [[then]] ([[class]].): [[unus]] [[homo]] nobis cunctando restituit rem: [[ergo]] postque magisque viri [[nunc]] [[gloria]] claret, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 4; Lucil. ap. Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 9; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 74: Polemoni et jam [[ante]] Aristoteli ea prima visa sunt, quae [[paulo]] [[ante]] dixi. Ergo [[nata]] est [[sententia]] veterum Academicorum, etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 34: Albano non [[plus]] animi erat [[quam]] fidei, nec manere [[ergo]], nec transire aperte [[ausus]], etc., Liv. 1, 27; Verg. E. 5, 58 et saep.—The [[reason]] or [[cause]] [[sometimes]] follows [[with]] [[quia]], [[quod]]: [[ergo]] [[istoc]] [[magis]], [[quia]] [[vaniloquus]], vapulabis, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 222; cf. id. Mil. 4, 6, 18.—Ante- and postclass. pleonast.: [[ergo]] [[igitur]], Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 27; and: [[igitur]] [[ergo]], App. M. 1, p. 104 al. —So in Ter. and Liv.: [[itaque]] [[ergo]], Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 25; Liv. 1, 25, 2 Drak.; 3, 31, 5 Gron.; 9, 31 fin.; 39, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[logical]] [[conclusion]], [[consequently]], [[therefore]]: negat haec filiam me suam esse: non [[ergo]] haec [[mater]] mea est, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 20; Varr. L. L. 8, § 47; 48; 49; 59 sq. al.: nullum dicere causae esse [[genus]] [[amentia]] est, etc. ... Relinquitur [[ergo]], ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, Cic. Inv. 1, 9 fin.: [[quis]] est [[enim]], in quo [[sit]] [[cupiditas]], [[quin]] recte [[cupidus]] dici possit? Ergo et [[avarus]] erit, sed [[finite]], id. Fin. 2, 9, 27; 5, 9, 24: [[quis]] tam esset [[ferreus]] qui eam vitam ferre posset, etc.? Verum [[ergo]] illud est, [[quod]] a Tarentino Archyta dici solitum, id. Lael. 23, 88 et saep.; [[corresponding]] to [[igitur]], id. ib. 14 fin. and 15 init.; so [[consecutively]], [[igitur]] ... [[ergo]] ... [[ergo]] ... [[igitur]] ... id. N. D. 2, 21, 56 sq.—So [[with]] si, cum, [[quia]], etc.: [[ergo]] ego [[nisi]] peperissem, [[Roma]] non oppugnaretur, Liv. 2, 40, 8; Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 34; id. Capt. 2, 3, 63; id. Aul. 4, 10, 25. —So esp. in [[Cicero]], [[like]] an (v. an I. D.), in [[interrogative]] argumentation, a minore ad majus, or ex [[aequo]], so, so [[then]]: [[ergo]] haec [[veteranus]] [[miles]] facere poterit, [[doctus]] vir sapiensque non poterit? Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39; so [[with]] the [[future]], id. ib. § 41; 1, 14, 31; 3, 15, 31; id. Off. 1, 31, 114; id. Fin. 2, 33 fin.: [[ergo]] [[illi]] intelligunt, [[quid]] [[Epicurus]] dicat, ego non [[intelligo]]? id. ib. 2, 4, 13; cf. id. Arch. 9: [[ergo]] Ennio licuit vetera contemnenti dicere, etc. ... mihi de antiquis [[eodem]] [[modo]] non licebit? id. Or. 51, 171; cf. id. Arch. 8, 9 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In interrogations.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> When an [[explanation]] is asked, do [[you]] [[say]]? do [[you]] [[mean]]? [[then]]: S. Quo agis? P. Quo tu? ... S. Quo [[ergo]], [[scelus]]? Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 23: Ipsus es? Ch. Ipsus [[Charmides]] [[sum]]. S. Ergo ipsusne es? id. Trin. 4, 2, 145; id. Ep. 1, 1, 19; Hor. S. 2, 3, 156.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> When a [[consequence]] is inquired for, Engl. [[then]]: Ps. lstuc ego jam [[satis]] [[scio]]. Si. Cur [[ergo]], [[quod]] scis, me rogas? Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 10: [[ergo]] in iis adolescentibus bonam spem esse dicemus, quos? etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117: dedemus [[ergo]] Hannibalem? dicet [[aliquis]], Liv. 21, 10 fin. et saep.: num [[ergo]] is excaecat nos aut orbat sensibus, si? etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74; so, num [[ergo]], Quint. 10, 1, 5; cf. id. 6, 3, 79: [[quid]] stamus? [[quin]] [[ergo]] [[imus]]? [[why]] not [[then]]? Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 21; so, [[quin]] [[ergo]], id. As. 1, 1, 15; 2, 2, 113; id. Merc. 5, 2, 88; id. Mil. 4, 2, 93.— Esp. freq., [[quid]] [[ergo]]? [[like]] the Gr. τί οὖϝ>, [[why]] [[then]]? [[but]] [[why]]? [[quid]] [[ergo]] hanc dubitas colloqui? Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 17; cf. Cic. Fin. 4, 14; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 55; Tib. 3, 6, 51: [[quid]] [[ergo]]? hujusne vitae [[propositio]] Thyesten levare poterit? Cic. Tusc. 3, 18; id. Off. 3, 20, 81; 3, 15, 61; 3, 18, 73; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 2; id. Caecin. 20; id. Mur. 23, 47 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 10 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With imperatives and words used [[imperatively]], [[then]], [[now]], [[accordingly]]: [[dato]] [[ergo]] istum symbolum [[illi]], Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 57: vide [[ergo]], hanc conclusionem probaturusne sis, Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 96: desinite [[ergo]], Caes. B. C. 3, 19 fin.: sequere [[ergo]], Plaut. As. 2, 4, 83; id. Rud. 1, 2, 94; id. Stich. 5, 2, 20; cf.: amplectere [[ergo]], id. Curc. 1, 3, 16: tace [[ergo]], id. Aul. 3, 2, 14; id. Ep. 2, 2, 57: dic [[ergo]], id. Pers. 2, 2, 57: ausculta [[ergo]], id. ib. 4, 6, 19; id. Cas. 2, 4, 18 et saep.: [[quin]] tu [[ergo]] i [[modo]], [[come]] [[now]], [[begone]]! id. Merc. 5, 2, 114; cf.: [[quin]] tu [[ergo]] omitte genua, id. Rud. 3, 2, 14: agedum [[ergo]], id. ib. 3, 4, 15.—So [[with]] the subj.: [[age]] eamus [[ergo]], [[intro]] [[ergo]] abeant, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 17; id. Mil. 1, 1, 78: abeamus [[ergo]] [[intro]], id. ib. 3, 3, 69: [[ergo]] des minam, id. ib. 5, 27; Cic. Fin. 5, 8 fin.; id. Brut. 43.—And [[with]] the [[future]]: [[ergo]], si sapis, mussitabis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 66.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like [[igitur]], in resuming an interrupted [[train]] of [[thought]], as I [[was]] [[saying]]; I [[say]], [[then]]; [[well]] [[then]]: [[tres]] viae sunt ad Mutinam, quo festinat [[animus]], ut, etc. ... Tres [[ergo]] ut dixi viae, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22; cf. id. Part. 13, 46; id. de Or. 1, 57; id. Top. 19, 73; id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4.—So ([[like]] [[igitur]] and [[inquam]]) [[after]] parenthetical sentences, Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; id. Fin. 2, 34, 113; id. Fam. 15, 10, 1.—Less freq. for [[inquam]] in a [[mere]] [[repetition]]: mihi [[tuus]] [[pater]], Pater hujus [[ergo]], [[hospes]] Antidamas fuit, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 91; or in [[beginning]] a [[subject]] [[with]] [[reference]] to the [[expectation]] of the auditors (cf. Gr. ἄρα), [[then]], [[now]]: accipite [[ergo]] animis, Verg. A. 10, 109; id. Cir. 29. See Hand Turs. II. pp. 440-467.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>ergō</b>,¹² prép. avec gén. [touj. précédée de son régime], à cause de : victoriæ [[ergo]] Liv. 28, 39, 16, à cause de la victoire &#124;&#124; [employée dans des formules] : Cic. Opt. 19 ; Att. 3, 23, 2 ; Leg. 2, 59 ; cf. Lucr. 5, 1246 ; Virg. En. 6, 670.<br />(2) <b>ergō</b>,⁵ conj. de coordination, donc, ainsi donc, par conséquent : Enn. d. Cic. CM 10 ; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, etc. &#124;&#124; [avec pléonasme] : [[ergo]] [[igitur]] Pl. Trin. 756 ; [[itaque]] [[ergo]] Ter. Eun. 317 ; Liv. 1, 25, 2 ; 3, 31, 5, etc. &#124;&#124; [concl. logique] : Cic. Fin. 2, 97 ; 5, 24 ; Læl. 88, etc.; [[ergo]] [[etiam]] Cic. Nat. 3, 43 ; 3, 51 ; [[ergo]] [[adeo]] Cic. Leg. 2, 23, donc aussi, donc encore &#124;&#124; [interrog. pressante, souvent avec de la parataxe] : [[ergo]] seret [[agricola]]..., [[vir]] [[magnus]]... [[non]] seret ? Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, ainsi donc, le cultivateur plantera... et un grand citoyen ne plantera pas... ? Cic. Tusc. 2, 39 ; 2, 41 ; Arch. 17 ; 19 ; 22 ; etc. ; [[quid]] [[ergo]] ? [[hoc]] pueri possunt, viri [[non]] poterunt ? Cic. Tusc. 2, 34, [[quoi]] donc ? c’[[est]] possible pour des enfants, ce [[sera]] impossible pour des hommes ? &#124;&#124; [reprise d’une pensée après une interruption] : [[tres]] [[ergo]], ut [[dixi]], viæ Cic. Phil. 12, 22, il y a donc, comme je l’ai dit, trois routes ; cf. Cic. Part. 46 ; Tusc. 1, 14 ; Fin. 2, 113 ; Fam. 15, 10, 1. [[ergo]] se trouve avec finale brève dans : Ov., Luc., Val. Flacc., Claud.<br />(3) <b>ergō</b>, āre, c. [[circo]] : Gloss. Scal.||[employée dans des formules] : Cic. Opt. 19 ; Att. 3, 23, 2 ; Leg. 2, 59 ; cf. Lucr. 5, 1246 ; Virg. En. 6, 670.<br />(2) <b>ergō</b>,⁵ conj. de coordination, donc, ainsi donc, par conséquent : Enn. d. Cic. CM 10 ; Cic. Fin. 2, 34, etc.||[avec pléonasme] : [[ergo]] [[igitur]] Pl. Trin. 756 ; [[itaque]] [[ergo]] Ter. Eun. 317 ; Liv. 1, 25, 2 ; 3, 31, 5, etc.||[concl. logique] : Cic. Fin. 2, 97 ; 5, 24 ; Læl. 88, etc.; [[ergo]] [[etiam]] Cic. Nat. 3, 43 ; 3, 51 ; [[ergo]] [[adeo]] Cic. Leg. 2, 23, donc aussi, donc encore||[interrog. pressante, souvent avec de la parataxe] : [[ergo]] seret [[agricola]]..., [[vir]] [[magnus]]... [[non]] seret ? Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, ainsi donc, le cultivateur plantera... et un grand citoyen ne plantera pas... ? Cic. Tusc. 2, 39 ; 2, 41 ; Arch. 17 ; 19 ; 22 ; etc. ; [[quid]] [[ergo]] ? [[hoc]] pueri possunt, viri [[non]] poterunt ? Cic. Tusc. 2, 34, [[quoi]] donc ? c’[[est]] possible pour des enfants, ce [[sera]] impossible pour des hommes ?||[reprise d’une pensée après une interruption] : [[tres]] [[ergo]], ut [[dixi]], viæ Cic. Phil. 12, 22, il y a donc, comme je l’ai dit, trois routes ; cf. Cic. Part. 46 ; Tusc. 1, 14 ; Fin. 2, 113 ; Fam. 15, 10, 1. [[ergo]] se trouve avec finale brève dans : Ov., Luc., Val. Flacc., Claud.<br />(3) <b>ergō</b>, āre, c. [[circo]] : Gloss. Scal.
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{{Georges
|georg=ergō (aus ē-reg- zu [[rego]], [[regio]]), aus der [[Richtung]], Adv., I) [[mit]] voranstehendem Genet., [[wegen]], funeris [[ergo]], XII tabb. fr.: [[quoius]] [[rei]] [[ergo]], [[alte]] Gebetsf. [[bei]] [[Cato]]: [[eius]] victoriae [[ergo]], Inscr. [[bei]] Nep.: victoriae, [[non]] valetudinis [[ergo]], Liv.: fugae [[atque]] formidinis [[ergo]], Liv.: virtutis, honoris [[ergo]], Liv.: illiusce sacri coërcendi [[ergo]], [[Cato]]. – II) absol., [[infolgedessen]], [[also]] [[deshalb]], [[darum]] [[auch]] od. [[also]] od. [[eben]], A) im allg., [[Komik]]., Cic. u.a.: verb. [[ergo]] [[igitur]], Plaut. u. Apul.: [[itaque]] [[ergo]], Ter. u. Liv. – B) insbes.: a) [[bei]] logischer Schlußfolge, [[demnach]], [[sonach]], so... [[denn]], [[also]], [[folglich]], Cic. u.a.: [[ergo]] [[etiam]], Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 43 u. 4751. – b) in konsekutiven Fragen, [[also]], Cic. u.a. – [[quid]] [[ergo]]? [[warum]] [[also]]? [[wieso]] [[denn]]? [[wie]] [[denn]]? Cic. u.a. – [[als]] [[Antwort]] [[nach]] Fragen, [[nun]] ja, [[Komik]]. (s. Meißner Ter. Andr. 850). – c) [[bei]] Imperativen, [[also]], so [[denn]], [[nun]] so, Cic. u.a. – d) zur Wiederaufnahme eines unterbrochenen Begriffs od. Gedankens, [[also]], Cic. u.a. – /In der [[Bedeutung]] [[von]] no. II zuw. [[mit]] verkürzter [[Endsilbe]] (ergŏ) [[bei]] Ov., Lucan. u.a.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=ergo ADV :: therefore; well, then, now
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