ergo

See also: Ergo and ergo-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin ergo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ɡəʊ

Adverb

ergo ‎(not comparable)

1. Consequently, therefore, thus.
   • 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean:

     The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.

Translations

adverb: consequently, therefore, thus

Conjunction

ergo

1. therefore (especially in syllogisms).

Translations

conjunction: therefore

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• Serbo-Croatian: dakle (sh)
• Bulgarian: следователно (bg) ‎(sledovatelno)
• Chinese: 因此 (yīncǐ)
• Serbo-Croatian: dakle (sh)
• Dutch: daarom (nl)
• Estonian: seetõttu (et)
• Finnish: siis (fi), näin ollen
• French: donc (fr)
• German: ergo (de)
• Italian: dunque (it), quindi (it), ergo (it)

• Japanese: かくして ‎(kakushite)
• Latvian: tātad
• Polish: więc (pl)
• Portuguese: portanto (pt), logo (pt)
• Romanian: deci (ro)
• Russian: поэ́тому (ru) ‎(poétomu)
• Slovene: torej (sl), potemtakem
• Spanish: por tanto (es), por lo tanto (es)
• Swedish: därmed (sv), därför (sv)

Anagrams

• goer, gore, ogre, Ogre, rego

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German

Pronunciation

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Adverb

ergo

1. ergo

External links

• ergo in Duden online

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Italian

Verb

ergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ergere

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo

Anagrams

• egro, orge

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Latin

Etymology

Equivalent to an adverbial derivation from *eregō, presumably ex- +‎ regō, with sense similar to cognate pergō ‎(“I proceed”). From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‎(“to straighten; right”); cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρέγω ‎(orégō, “I reach, stretch out”) and English right.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ɡoː/, [ˈɛr.ɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ɡo/

Alternative forms

• (poetic) ergo

Conjunction

ergō

1. therefore, because, hence, consequently, thus
   • 1637, René Descartes' Discourse on the Method

     Cogito, ergo sum.

     I think, therefore I am.

Adverb

ergō (not comparable)

1. consequently, therefore
2. accordingly, then

Descendants

• English: ergo, argal
• German: ergo
• Norwegian ergo
• Italian: ergo
• Spanish: ergo
• Portuguese: ergo

References

• ergo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ergo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ergo in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Portuguese

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo, therefore

Verb

ergo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of erguer

Usage notes

ergo as a verb has a closed sound in comparison with the conjunction.

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Spanish

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo, therefore