vexo

Catalan

Verb

vexo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of vexar

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈʃʊ/

Verb

vexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ver

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Latin

Alternative forms

• uexō

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ek.soː/, [ˈu̯ɛks̠oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvek.so/, [ˈvɛkso]

Verb

vexō (present infinitive vexāre, perfect active vexāvī, supine vexātum); first conjugation

1. I shake or jolt violently.
2. I harass, annoy.
3. I vex, trouble (strong term, involving violence)
4. I persecute

Conjugation

Conjugation of vexō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vexō	vexās	vexat	vexāmus	vexātis	vexant
	imperfect	vexābam	vexābās	vexābat	vexābāmus	vexābātis	vexābant
	future	vexābō	vexābis	vexābit	vexābimus	vexābitis	vexābunt
	perfect	vexāvī	vexāvistī, vexāstī1	vexāvit, vexāt1	vexāvimus, vexāmus1	vexāvistis, vexāstis1	vexāvērunt, vexāvēre, vexārunt1
	pluperfect	vexāveram, vexāram1	vexāverās, vexārās1	vexāverat, vexārat1	vexāverāmus, vexārāmus1	vexāverātis, vexārātis1	vexāverant, vexārant1
	future perfect	vexāverō, vexārō1	vexāveris, vexāris1	vexāverit, vexārit1	vexāverimus, vexārimus1	vexāveritis, vexāritis1	vexāverint, vexārint1
passive	present	vexor	vexāris, vexāre	vexātur	vexāmur	vexāminī	vexantur
	imperfect	vexābar	vexābāris, vexābāre	vexābātur	vexābāmur	vexābāminī	vexābantur
	future	vexābor	vexāberis, vexābere	vexābitur	vexābimur	vexābiminī	vexābuntur
	perfect	vexātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vexātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vexātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vexem	vexēs	vexet	vexēmus	vexētis	vexent
	imperfect	vexārem	vexārēs	vexāret	vexārēmus	vexārētis	vexārent
	perfect	vexāverim, vexārim1	vexāverīs, vexārīs1	vexāverit, vexārit1	vexāverīmus, vexārīmus1	vexāverītis, vexārītis1	vexāverint, vexārint1
	pluperfect	vexāvissem, vexāssem1	vexāvissēs, vexāssēs1	vexāvisset, vexāsset1	vexāvissēmus, vexāssēmus1	vexāvissētis, vexāssētis1	vexāvissent, vexāssent1
passive	present	vexer	vexēris, vexēre	vexētur	vexēmur	vexēminī	vexentur
	imperfect	vexārer	vexārēris, vexārēre	vexārētur	vexārēmur	vexārēminī	vexārentur
	perfect	vexātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vexātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vexā	—	—	vexāte	—
	future	—	vexātō	vexātō	—	vexātōte	vexantō
passive	present	—	vexāre	—	—	vexāminī	—
	future	—	vexātor	vexātor	—	—	vexantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vexāre	vexāvisse, vexāsse1	vexātūrum esse	vexārī	vexātum esse	vexātum īrī
participles		vexāns	—	vexātūrus	—	vexātus	vexandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vexandī	vexandō	vexandum	vexandō	vexātum	vexātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• vexātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: vexar
• Galician: vexar
• Italian: vessare
• → Old French: vexer
  • → Middle English: vexen, vexe, vex, wexe
    • English: vex
    • Scots: vex
  • French: vexer
• Piedmontese: vessé
• Portuguese: vexar
• Romanian: vexa
• Spanish: vejar

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^[1], 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
    

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Portuguese

Verb

vexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of vexar