Italian

Verb

erga

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of ergere
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of ergere
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of ergere
4. third-person singular imperative of ergere

Anagrams

• agre, egra, gare

Latin

Etymology

L&S has "syncop. for e-regā, from ex and root rag-, to reach upward, be upright; cf. ergo, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 448 sqq.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ɡaː/

Preposition

ergā ‎(governs the accusative)

1. (literally, of locality, ante-Classical and post-classical only, rare) over against, opposite to
2. (figuratively, of feelings and conduct) towards (a person or, more rarely, a thing)
   1. (of friendly feelings etc., used chiefly thus in Classical Latin) with regard to, towards, for
   2. (of unfriendly feelings, for the usual contrā or adversus) against
3. (in post-Augustean authors, especially in Tacitus, in general of every kind of mental relation to a person or thing) to, towards, in respect to, with regard to, concerning, about
4. (Medieval Latin) from

   Emō ergā aliquem.‎ ― I buy from someone.

5. (Medieval Latin) applying to, addressing (oneself) to

   Quī aliquem ergā iūdicem accūsābit.‎ ― One who will accuse another applying to the judge.

References

• ergā in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• erga in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ERGA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ergā”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 598/1.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be well-disposed towards..: benevolentiam habere erga aliquem
    
  • what a man merits at another's hands: meritum alicuius in or erga aliquem
    
• erga in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 380/1, “erga”

Portuguese

Verb

erga

1. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of erguer
2. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of erguer
3. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of erguer
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of erguer
5. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of erguer
6. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of erguer