vallo

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See also: Vallo and valló

Galician

Verb

vallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of valer

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈval.lo/
  • Rhymes: -allo
  • Hyphenation: vàl‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vallum.

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) the wooden fence built at the top of a rampart
  2. (historical, Ancient Rome, loosely) rampart, bulwark
  3. (literary) fortification
    Synonym: fortificazione
  4. (poetic, figurative) bastion, defense
    Synonyms: baluardo, bastione, trincea

Etymology 2

Gender shift from valle, from Latin vallem.

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

  1. Alternative form of valle (valley)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin vallus, diminutive of vannus (winnowing basket).

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

  1. (dialectal) sieve
    Synonyms: crivello, setaccio

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vallo

  1. compound of val, the second-person singular (tu) imperative form of andare, with lo

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vallare

Further reading

  • vallo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • vallo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • vallo3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From the noun vallum (fence, rampart)

Pronunciation

Verb

vallō (present infinitive vallāre, perfect active vallāvī, supine vallātum); first conjugation

  1. to surround, wall or fortify with a rampart or palisade

Usage notes

  • The nature of the root vowel (i.e. whether it is văllō or vāllō) is not properly known. Most dictionaries that specify vowel length in closed syllables, especially those published in the 21st century, do not mark it as long.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vallō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vallō vallās vallat vallāmus vallātis vallant
imperfect vallābam vallābās vallābat vallābāmus vallābātis vallābant
future vallābō vallābis vallābit vallābimus vallābitis vallābunt
perfect vallāvī vallāvistī vallāvit vallāvimus vallāvistis vallāvērunt,
vallāvēre
pluperfect vallāveram vallāverās vallāverat vallāverāmus vallāverātis vallāverant
future perfect vallāverō vallāveris vallāverit vallāverimus vallāveritis vallāverint
passive present vallor vallāris,
vallāre
vallātur vallāmur vallāminī vallantur
imperfect vallābar vallābāris,
vallābāre
vallābātur vallābāmur vallābāminī vallābantur
future vallābor vallāberis,
vallābere
vallābitur vallābimur vallābiminī vallābuntur
perfect vallātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vallātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vallātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vallem vallēs vallet vallēmus vallētis vallent
imperfect vallārem vallārēs vallāret vallārēmus vallārētis vallārent
perfect vallāverim vallāverīs vallāverit vallāverīmus vallāverītis vallāverint
pluperfect vallāvissem vallāvissēs vallāvisset vallāvissēmus vallāvissētis vallāvissent
passive present valler vallēris,
vallēre
vallētur vallēmur vallēminī vallentur
imperfect vallārer vallārēris,
vallārēre
vallārētur vallārēmur vallārēminī vallārentur
perfect vallātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vallātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vallā vallāte
future vallātō vallātō vallātōte vallantō
passive present vallāre vallāminī
future vallātor vallātor vallantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vallāre vallāvisse vallātūrum esse vallārī vallātum esse vallātum īrī
participles vallāns vallātūrus vallātus vallandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vallandī vallandō vallandum vallandō vallātum vallātū

Descendants

  • Italian: vallare
  • Spanish: vallar
  • Galician: valar

Noun

vallō

  1. dative/ablative singular of vallum

References

  • vallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vallo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)
    • (ambiguous) to keep watch on the rampart: custodias agere in vallo
    • (ambiguous) to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa

Spanish

Verb

vallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vallar