vegeo
Latin
Etymology
Old verb from Proto-Italic *wegeō, from earlier *wegejō, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵ-éye-, causative verb from *weǵ- (“to be lively”). Confer with the stative vigeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwe.ɡe.oː/, [ˈwɛ.ɡe.oː]
Verb
vegeō (present infinitive vegēre, perfect active veguī); second conjugation, limited passive
- (transitive) I move, excite, quicken, arouse.
- (intransitive) I am lively or active.
Inflection
- This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
| Conjugation of vegeo (second conjugation, only third-person forms in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | vegeō | vegēs | veget | vegēmus | vegētis | vegent |
| imperfect | vegēbam | vegēbās | vegēbat | vegēbāmus | vegēbātis | vegēbant | |
| future | vegēbō | vegēbis | vegēbit | vegēbimus | vegēbitis | vegēbunt | |
| perfect | veguī | veguistī | veguit | veguimus | veguistis | veguērunt, veguēre | |
| pluperfect | vegueram | veguerās | veguerat | veguerāmus | veguerātis | veguerant | |
| future perfect | veguerō | vegueris | veguerit | veguerimus | vegueritis | veguerint | |
| passive | present | — | — | vegētur | — | — | vegentur |
| imperfect | — | — | vegēbātur | — | — | vegēbantur | |
| future | — | — | vegēbitur | — | — | vegēbuntur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | vegeam | vegeās | vegeat | vegeāmus | vegeātis | vegeant |
| imperfect | vegērem | vegērēs | vegēret | vegērēmus | vegērētis | vegērent | |
| perfect | veguerim | veguerīs | veguerit | veguerimus | vegueritis | veguerint | |
| pluperfect | veguissem | veguissēs | veguisset | veguissēmus | veguissētis | veguissent | |
| passive | present | — | — | vegeātur | — | — | vegeantur |
| imperfect | — | — | vegērētur | — | — | vegērentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | vegē | — | — | vegēte | — |
| future | — | vegētō | vegētō | — | vegētōte | vegentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | vegēre | veguisse | — | vegērī | — | — | |
| participles | vegēns | — | — | — | — | vegendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| vegēre | vegendī | vegendō | vegendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- vegetus
Related terms
- vegetābilis
- vegetālis
- vegetāmen
- vegetātiō
- vegetātor
- vegetō
References
- vegeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vegeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN