vigeo

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wegēō (with unexpected i), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-eh₁-(ye)-, stative verb from *weǵ- (to be lively), same ultimate source of English wake. Compare with the causative vegeō.

Pronunciation

Verb

vigeō (present infinitive vigēre, perfect active viguī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish
    Synonyms: polleo, possum, valeō, praevaleō, queō
    Antonym: nequeō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.175:
      Mōbilitāte viget, vīrēsque adquīrit eundō.
      thrives on swift action, and gains strength by going forth.
  2. to be in honor, esteem or repute; prosper
  3. to be alive, live

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vigeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vigeō vigēs viget vigēmus vigētis vigent
imperfect vigēbam vigēbās vigēbat vigēbāmus vigēbātis vigēbant
future vigēbō vigēbis vigēbit vigēbimus vigēbitis vigēbunt
perfect viguī viguistī viguit viguimus viguistis viguērunt,
viguēre
pluperfect vigueram viguerās viguerat viguerāmus viguerātis viguerant
future perfect viguerō vigueris viguerit viguerimus vigueritis viguerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vigeam vigeās vigeat vigeāmus vigeātis vigeant
imperfect vigērem vigērēs vigēret vigērēmus vigērētis vigērent
perfect viguerim viguerīs viguerit viguerīmus viguerītis viguerint
pluperfect viguissem viguissēs viguisset viguissēmus viguissētis viguissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vigē vigēte
future vigētō vigētō vigētōte vigentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vigēre viguisse
participles vigēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vigendī vigendō vigendum vigendō

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Italian: vigere
  • Portuguese: viger

References

  • vigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vigeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be in the prime of life: aetate florere, vigere
    • a rumour is prevalent: rumor, fama viget
    • learning, scientific knowledge is flourishing: artium studia or artes vigent (not florent)
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN