veho
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *weɣō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from the root *weǵʰ- (“to ride”). Cognate with Arcadocypriot Greek ϝέχω (wékhō), Sanskrit वहति (vahati), Persian وز (vaz), Old English wegan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.hoː/, [ˈu̯e(ɦ)oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.o/, [ˈvɛːo]
Verb
vehō (present infinitive vehere, perfect active vexī, supine vectum); third conjugation
- I carry, bear, convey, transport
- Synonyms: ferō, portō, trahō, ago, vectō, dūcō, gerō, efferō, dēdūcō, prōdūcō, addūcō, trādūcō
- (passive) I ride; I am borne.
Usage notes
- May be used to mean carried by a person, riding a horse, ferried by ship, and many other means of conveyance. Uses ablative of means.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of vehō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | vehō | vehis | vehit | vehimus | vehitis | vehunt |
| imperfect | vehēbam | vehēbās | vehēbat | vehēbāmus | vehēbātis | vehēbant | |
| future | veham | vehēs | vehet | vehēmus | vehētis | vehent | |
| perfect | vexī | vexistī | vexit | veximus | vexistis | vexērunt, vexēre | |
| pluperfect | vexeram | vexerās | vexerat | vexerāmus | vexerātis | vexerant | |
| future perfect | vexerō | vexeris | vexerit | vexerimus | vexeritis | vexerint | |
| passive | present | vehor | veheris, vehere | vehitur | vehimur | vehiminī | vehuntur |
| imperfect | vehēbar | vehēbāris, vehēbāre | vehēbātur | vehēbāmur | vehēbāminī | vehēbantur | |
| future | vehar | vehēris, vehēre | vehētur | vehēmur | vehēminī | vehentur | |
| perfect | vectus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | vectus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | vectus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | veham | vehās | vehat | vehāmus | vehātis | vehant |
| imperfect | veherem | veherēs | veheret | veherēmus | veherētis | veherent | |
| perfect | vexerim | vexerīs | vexerit | vexerīmus | vexerītis | vexerint | |
| pluperfect | vexissem | vexissēs | vexisset | vexissēmus | vexissētis | vexissent | |
| passive | present | vehar | vehāris, vehāre | vehātur | vehāmur | vehāminī | vehantur |
| imperfect | veherer | veherēris, veherēre | veherētur | veherēmur | veherēminī | veherentur | |
| perfect | vectus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | vectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | vehe | — | — | vehite | — |
| future | — | vehitō | vehitō | — | vehitōte | vehuntō | |
| passive | present | — | vehere | — | — | vehiminī | — |
| future | — | vehitor | vehitor | — | — | vehuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | vehere | vexisse | vectūrum esse | vehī | vectum esse | vectum īrī | |
| participles | vehēns | — | vectūrus | — | vectus | vehendus, vehundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| vehendī | vehendō | vehendum | vehendō | vectum | vectū | ||
Derived terms
- advehō
- convehō
- ēvehō
- invehō
- prōvehō
- subvehō
- trānsvehō
- vectis
- vectō
- vector
- vectuarius
- vehiculum
- veterīnus
Related terms
- vectīgal
Descendants
- → Ido: vehar
References
- “veho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “veho”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- veho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to drive: curru vehi, in rheda (Mil. 21. 55)
- to ride: equo vehi
- to drive: curru vehi, in rheda (Mil. 21. 55)