vigere
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vigēre, present infinitive of vigeō (“to be vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish; to be in honor, esteem or repute; to prosper; to be alive, live”), from Proto-Italic *wegēō, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵeh₁(ye)-, stative verb derived from the root *weǵ- (“lively; strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvi.d͡ʒe.re/
- Rhymes: -idʒere
- Hyphenation: vì‧ge‧re
Verb
vìgere (third-person only, third-person singular present vìge, no past historic, no past participle) (intransitive)
- to be in force (of a law or regulation)
- to be current or in use (of a custom)
- (intransitive, literary, rare) to be strong, to thrive, to flourish
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, lines 79–84, page 557–558:
- O donna in cui la mia speranza vige, ¶ e che soffristi per la mia salute ¶ in inferno lasciar le tue vestige, ¶ di tante cose quant’i’ ho vedute, ¶ dal tuo podere e da la tua bontate ¶ riconosco la grazia e la virtute.
- O Lady, thou in whom my hope is strong, and who for my salvation didst endure in Hell to leave the imprint of thy feet, of whatsoever things I have beheld, as coming from thy power and from thy goodness I recognise/recognize the virtue and the grace.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of vìgere (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
| infinitive | vìgere | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | — | gerund | vigèndo | |||
| present participle | vigènte | past participle | — | |||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | — | — | vìge | — | — | vìgono |
| imperfect | — | — | vigéva | — | — | vigévano |
| past historic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| future | — | — | vigerà | — | — | vigerànno |
| conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
| present | — | — | vigerèbbe, vigerébbe | — | — | vigerèbbero, vigerébbero |
| subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
| present | — | — | vìga | — | — | vìgano |
| imperfect | — | — | vigésse | — | — | vigéssero |
| imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| negative imperative | — | — | — | — | — | |
Related terms
- vigente
- vigore
- vigoroso
Further reading
- vigere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- ergevi
Latin
Verb
vigēre
- present active infinitive of vigeō
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figūra.
Noun
vigere
- figure
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 10:
- th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,
- that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114