valeo
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.le.oː/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.le.o/, [ˈväːleo]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Verb
valeō (present infinitive valēre, perfect active valuī, supine valitum); second conjugation, no passive
- I am strong
- I am well, healthy
- I am worth
- I am of effect, prevail
- (Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin) I can; I prevail
- (New Latin, rare) I leave; I go away
Usage notes
The supine can be either valitūrum or valitum.
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- “valeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “valeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- valeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be indisposed: leviter aegrotare, minus valere
- to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum valere ad aliquid
- to be highly favoured by; to be influential with..: multum valere gratia apud aliquem
- to possess great authority; to be an influential person: auctoritate valere or florere
- to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem
- to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: alicuius auctoritas multum valet apud aliquem
- to be talented, gifted: ingenio valere
- to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere
- to have a good memory: memoriā (multum) valere (opp. memoriā vacillare)
- to be gifted, talented: ingenio valere
- to be very eloquent: eloquentia valere
- to have great weight as a speaker: multum dicendo valere, posse
- to unable to find a suitable expression: verbo parum valere (Tusc. 3. 5. 11)
- to have the same meaning: idem valere, significare, declarare
- the word has a narrow meaning: vocabulum angustius valet
- I bid you good-bye, take my leave: te valere iubeo
- (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
- to have great influence: opibus, gratia, auctoritate valere, florere
- to have a powerful navy: rebus maritimis multum valere
- (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
- to be indisposed: leviter aegrotare, minus valere
Categories:
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin verbs
- Latin terms with quotations
- Ecclesiastical Latin
- Medieval Latin
- New Latin
- Latin terms with rare senses
- Latin second conjugation verbs
- Latin second conjugation verbs with perfect in -u-
- Latin active-only verbs
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook