veglio
See also: vegliò
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Occitan vielh, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, whence also Italian vecchio. Cognate with French vieux, Portuguese velho, Romanian vechi, and Spanish viejo.
Alternative forms
- ueglio (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛʎ.ʎo/
- Rhymes: -ɛʎʎo
- Hyphenation: vè‧glio
Adjective
veglio (feminine veglia, masculine plural vegli, feminine plural veglie)
- (obsolete, poetic) old (chiefly of people)
- Synonym: vecchio
- Antonym: giovane
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, lines 1–4, page 379:
- Diceami spesso il mio fidato speglio,
L’animo stanco e la cangiata scorza
E la scemata mia destrezza e forza:
Non ti nasconder più; tu se’ pur veglio.- Often my faithful mirror shows me my weary spirit, and my altered skin, and my weakened skill and strength, saying: ‘Don’t fool yourself any more: you are old.’
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 234:
- E per gli molti esempi che gia letto
De capitani havea del tempo veglio
Com’huom, ch’amava sopra ogni diletto
D’udir historie, e farne al viver speglio- And for the many examples he already read about, of the captains of the old times, as a man who, above all pleasures, loved to hear stories about them, and mirror them in life.
Noun
veglio m (plural vegli, feminine veglia)
- (obsolete, poetic) old man
- Synonym: vecchio
- Antonym: giovane
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Purgatorio, lines 31–33:
- vidi presso di me un veglio solo,
degno di tanta reverenza in vista,
che più non dee a padre alcun figliuolo.- I saw beside me an old man alone, worthy of so much reverence in his look, that more owes not to father any son.
Derived terms
- vegliardo
Etymology 2
From Latin vellus. Doublet of vello.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛʎ.ʎo/
- Rhymes: -ɛʎʎo
- Hyphenation: vè‧glio
Noun
veglio m (plural vegli)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of vello
- 14th century, Giovanni dalle Celle, Lettere, published 1845, page 116:
- Ancora nel Vecchio Testamento è figurato questo nel veglio di Gedeone, il quale fu prima pieno di rugiada di grazia, e tutto l’altro mondo era secco, e maladetto
- This is seen again, in the Old Testament, with Gideon's fleece, which was first covered in dew by grace, while the rest of the world was dry and cursed
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveʎ.ʎo/
- Rhymes: -eʎʎo
- Hyphenation: vé‧glio
Verb
veglio
- first-person singular present indicative of vegliare
Further reading
- veglio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- levigo, levigò, voglie
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.ɡli.oː/, [ˈu̯ɛɡlʲioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.ɡli.o/, [ˈvɛːɡlio]
Noun
vegliō m (genitive vegliōnis); third declension
- Alternative form of veglō
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vegliō | vegliōnēs |
| Genitive | vegliōnis | vegliōnum |
| Dative | vegliōnī | vegliōnibus |
| Accusative | vegliōnem | vegliōnēs |
| Ablative | vegliōne | vegliōnibus |
| Vocative | vegliō | vegliōnēs |
References
- Vegliones in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)