valeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wal (“be strong”). Compare Welsh gallu (“to be able”), Old Irish flaith (“dominion”), Gaulish walos (“ruler”), Lithuanian valdyti (“to have power”), Proto-Slavic *volstь (“to rule”), Old Norse valdr (“ruler”), Old High German -walt, -wald (“power”), Old English wealdan (“to rule”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈwa.le.oː/

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Verb

present active valeō, present infinitive valēre, perfect active valuī, supine valitūrum.

1. I am strong.
2. I am well, healthy.
3. I am worth.
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin) I can.
5. (New Latin, rare) I leave; I go away

Usage notes

The supine can be either valitūrum or valitum.

Inflection

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	valeō	valēs	valet	valēmus	valētis	valent
	future	valēbō	valēbis	valēbit	valēbimus	valēbitis	valēbunt
	imperfect	valēbam	valēbās	valēbat	valēbāmus	valēbātis	valēbant
	perfect	valuī	valuistī	valuit	valuimus	valuistis	valuērunt
	future perfect	valuerō	valueris	valuerit	valuerimus	valueritis	valuerint
	pluperfect	valueram	valuerās	valuerat	valuerāmus	valuerātis	valuerant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	valeam	valeās	valeat	valeāmus	valeātis	valeant
	imperfect	valērem	valērēs	valēret	valērēmus	valērētis	valērent
	perfect	valuerim	valuerīs	valuerit	valuerīmus	valuerītis	valuerint
	pluperfect	valuissem	valuissēs	valuisset	valuissēmus	valuissētis	valuissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	valē	valētō	valētō	—	—	—
	plural	valēte	valētōte	valentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		valēre	valuisse	valitūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		valēns (valentis)	—	valitūrus-ra, -rum	—	—	—

Derived terms

aequivaleō pervaleō praevaleō supervaleō

valē, valēte valedīcō valēns valenter

valentia valentulus valēscō

valētūdō validus valor

Descendants

Albanian: vlerë Catalan: valer Dalmatian: valar French: valoir Friulian: valê Galician: valer

Italian: valere Occitan: vàler, vàldre Portuguese: valer Sardinian: balere, baliri, valere Spanish: valer