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Catalan
Verb
vexo
- first-person singular present indicative of vexar
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vejo, from Latin videō. Compare Portuguese vejo, and Spanish veo.
Pronunciation
Verb
vexo
- first-person singular present indicative of ver
- first-person singular present indicative of vexar
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷegs-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”). Cognate with Old English cweccan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up”). More at quake.
Pronunciation
Verb
vexō (present infinitive vexāre, perfect active vexāvī, supine vexātum); first conjugation
- to shake or jolt violently
- to harass, annoy
- to vex, trouble (strong term, involving violence)
- to persecute
Conjugation
Conjugation of vexō (first conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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vexō
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vexās
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vexat
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vexāmus
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vexātis
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vexant
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imperfect
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vexābam
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vexābās
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vexābat
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vexābāmus
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vexābātis
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vexābant
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future
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vexābō
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vexābis
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vexābit
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vexābimus
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vexābitis
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vexābunt
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perfect
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vexāvī
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vexāvistī, vexāstī1
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vexāvit, vexāt1
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vexāvimus, vexāmus1
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vexāvistis, vexāstis1
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vexāvērunt, vexāvēre, vexārunt1
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pluperfect
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vexāveram, vexāram1
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vexāverās, vexārās1
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vexāverat, vexārat1
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vexāverāmus, vexārāmus1
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vexāverātis, vexārātis1
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vexāverant, vexārant1
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future perfect
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vexāverō, vexārō1
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vexāveris, vexāris1
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vexāverit, vexārit1
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vexāverimus, vexārimus1
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vexāveritis, vexāritis1
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vexāverint, vexārint1
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passive
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present
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vexor
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vexāris, vexāre
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vexātur
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vexāmur
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vexāminī
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vexantur
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imperfect
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vexābar
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vexābāris, vexābāre
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vexābātur
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vexābāmur
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vexābāminī
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vexābantur
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future
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vexābor
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vexāberis, vexābere
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vexābitur
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vexābimur
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vexābiminī
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vexābuntur
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perfect
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vexātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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vexātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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vexātus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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vexem
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vexēs
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vexet
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vexēmus
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vexētis
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vexent
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imperfect
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vexārem
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vexārēs
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vexāret
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vexārēmus
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vexārētis
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vexārent
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perfect
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vexāverim, vexārim1
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vexāverīs, vexārīs1
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vexāverit, vexārit1
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vexāverīmus, vexārīmus1
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vexāverītis, vexārītis1
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vexāverint, vexārint1
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pluperfect
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vexāvissem, vexāssem1
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vexāvissēs, vexāssēs1
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vexāvisset, vexāsset1
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vexāvissēmus, vexāssēmus1
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vexāvissētis, vexāssētis1
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vexāvissent, vexāssent1
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passive
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present
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vexer
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vexēris, vexēre
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vexētur
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vexēmur
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vexēminī
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vexentur
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imperfect
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vexārer
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vexārēris, vexārēre
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vexārētur
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vexārēmur
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vexārēminī
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vexārentur
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perfect
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vexātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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vexātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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vexā
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—
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—
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vexāte
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—
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future
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—
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vexātō
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vexātō
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—
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vexātōte
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vexantō
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passive
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present
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—
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vexāre
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—
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—
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vexāminī
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—
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future
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—
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vexātor
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vexātor
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—
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—
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vexantor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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vexāre
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vexāvisse, vexāsse1
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vexātūrum esse
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vexārī
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vexātum esse
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vexātum īrī
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participles
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vexāns
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—
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vexātūrus
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—
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vexātus
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vexandus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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vexandī
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vexandō
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vexandum
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vexandō
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vexātum
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vexātū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “vexo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vexo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vexo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be seriously ill: gravi morbo affectum esse, conflictari, vexari
- the Furies harass and torment some one: Furiae agitant et vexant aliquem
- to damage the state: rem publicam vexare
Portuguese
Verb
vexo
- first-person singular present indicative of vexar