queo

See also: quẹo

Latin

Etymology

Back-formation from nequeō, itself related to the irregular verb eō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷe.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkʷɛː.o]

Verb

queō (present infinitive quīre, perfect active quiī or quīvī, supine quitum); irregular conjugation

to be able, can
Synonyms: polleo, possum, valeō, praevaleō, vigeō

Antonym: nequeō
- 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 804–805:
  CRĪTŌ: Quid vōs? Quō pactō hic? Satin rēctē? MȲSĪS: Nōsne? “Sīc / ut quīmus,” aiunt, “quandō ut volumus nōn licet.”
  CRITO: What about you all? How are things going here? Well enough?
  MYSIS: Us? “We do what we can,” as they say, “since we can’t do as we wish.”
  (More literally: “since what we want is not possible.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of queō (irregular conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	queō	quīs		quit	quīmus	quītis		queunt
	imperfect	quībam	quībās		quībat	quībāmus	quībātis		quībant
	future	quībō	quībis		quībit	quībimus	quībitis		quībunt
	perfect	quiī, quīvī	quīstī, quiistī, quīvistī		quiit, quīvit	quiimus, quīvimus	quīstis, quiistis, quīvistis		quiērunt, quiēre, quīvērunt, quīvēre
	pluperfect	quieram, quīveram	quierās, quīverās		quierat, quīverat	quierāmus, quīverāmus	quierātis, quīverātis		quierant, quīverant
	future perfect	quierō, quīverō	quieris, quīveris		quierit, quīverit	quierimus, quīverimus	quieritis, quīveritis		quierint, quīverint
passive	present	queor	quīris, quīre		quītur	quīmur	quīminī		queuntur
	imperfect	quībar	quībāris, quībāre		quībātur	quībāmur	quībāminī		quībantur
	future	quībor	quīberis, quībere		quībitur	quībimur	quībiminī		quībuntur
	perfect	quitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	quitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	quitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	queam	queās		queat	queāmus	queātis		queant
	imperfect	quīrem	quīrēs		quīret	quīrēmus	quīrētis		quīrent
	perfect	quierim, quīverim	quierīs, quīverīs		quierit, quīverit	quierīmus, quīverīmus	quierītis, quīverītis		quierint, quīverint
	pluperfect	quīssem, quiissem, quīvissem	quīssēs, quiissēs, quīvissēs		quīsset, quiisset, quīvisset	quīssēmus, quiissēmus, quīvissēmus	quīssētis, quiissētis, quīvissētis		quīssent, quiissent, quīvissent
passive	present	quear	queāris, queāre		queātur	queāmur	queāminī		queantur
	imperfect	quīrer	quīrēris, quīrēre		quīrētur	quīrēmur	quīrēminī		quīrentur
	perfect	quitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	quitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	quī		—	—	quīte		—
active	future	—	quītō		quītō	—	quītōte		queuntō
passive	present	—	quīre		—	—	quīminī		—
passive	future	—	quītor		quītor	—	—		queuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		quīre		quīrī		quiēns		—
future		quitūrum esse		quitum īrī		quitūrus		queundus
perfect		quīsse, quiisse, quīvisse		quitum esse		—		quitus
future perfect		—		quitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		quitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		queundī	queundō		queundum	queundō	quitum		quitū

References

“queo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“queo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“queo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwɛw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kwɛw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [wɛw˧˧]

Adjective

queo • (跳)

curved; curled; coiled; twisted
(figurative) wrinkled; shriveled
(figurative, of a narrative) distorted; manipulated; embellished

Derived terms