vireo
See also: Vireo
English
Black-whiskered vireos, Vireo altiloquus
Etymology
From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“I am green”).
Noun
vireo (plural vireos or vireoes)
- Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
- 1998, Sally Roth, Attracting Birds to Your Backyard, page 257,
- The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes. Vireos tend to sing in bursts interrupted by short or long pauses.
- 2007, Jonathan Elphick, The Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds, page 72,
- Uniquely American, the vireos are a group of some 46 foliage-gleaning forest birds with uncertain family connections. Vireo species are about equally divided between North and South America, with one, the Black-whiskered Vireo, largely restricted to the West Indies. Several vireos make long migratory journeys; all are nocturnal migrants.
- 2012, Eloise Potter, Birds of the Carolinas, Easyread Large Edition, page 94,
- This[the white-eyed vireo] is our only vireo that has two white wing bars, yellow spectacles, and yellow sides.
- 1998, Sally Roth, Attracting Birds to Your Backyard, page 257,
- Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets and peppershrikes.
- 1950, Ernest Sheldon Booth, Birds of the West, page 282,
- Family Vireonidae
- Vireos
- The vireos are slim grayish green birds that stay high up in the trees most of the time.
- 1950, Ernest Sheldon Booth, Birds of the West, page 282,
Usage notes
The alternative plural form vireoes appears to be relatively rare and dated.
Derived terms
- shrike-vireo (genus Vireolanius)
- vireonine
Translations
any species of genus Vireo
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any species of family Vireonidae
Further reading
Vireo (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Vireo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Vireo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Finnish
Etymology
From translingual Vireo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋireo/, [ˈʋire̞o̞]
- Rhymes: -ireo
- Syllabification(key): vi‧re‧o
Noun
vireo
- vireo (bird of the genus Vireo)
Declension
| Inflection of vireo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vireo | vireot | |
| genitive | vireon | vireoiden vireoitten | |
| partitive | vireota | vireoita | |
| illative | vireoon | vireoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vireo | vireot | |
| accusative | nom. | vireo | vireot |
| gen. | vireon | ||
| genitive | vireon | vireoiden vireoitten | |
| partitive | vireota | vireoita | |
| inessive | vireossa | vireoissa | |
| elative | vireosta | vireoista | |
| illative | vireoon | vireoihin | |
| adessive | vireolla | vireoilla | |
| ablative | vireolta | vireoilta | |
| allative | vireolle | vireoille | |
| essive | vireona | vireoina | |
| translative | vireoksi | vireoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vireoin | |
| abessive | vireotta | vireoitta | |
| comitative | — | vireoineen | |
| Possessive forms of vireo (type valtio) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vireoni | vireomme |
| 2nd person | vireosi | vireonne |
| 3rd person | vireonsa | |
Compounds
- amazonianvireo
- andienpippurivireo
- andienvireo
- bahianvireo
- costaricanvireo
- cozumelinvireo
- haitinvireo
- harmaapäävireo
- harmaarintavireo
- harmaavireo
- jukataninvireo
- kanadanvireo
- keltalepinkäisvireo
- keltaperävireo
- keltarintavireo
- kultarintavireo
- kultavireo
- kuubanvireo
- lavertajavireo
- lepinkäisvireo
- lyijyvireo
- mangrovevireo
- meksikonlepinkäisvireo
- meksikonpikkuvireo
- meksikonvireo
- noronhanvireo
- oliivivireo
- oliivivyövireo
- pajuvireo
- paksunokkavireo
- pensasvireo
- pikkuvihervireo
- pilvimetsävireo
- pippurivireo
- puertoriconvireo
- punasilmävireo
- rionegronvireo
- ruostevireo
- ruskolakkivireo
- ruso-otsavireo
- sanandresinvireo
- silmälasivireo
- sinilakkivireo
- sininiskavireo
- sinipäävireo
- sitruunavireo
- tammivireo
- teksasinvireo
- tepuinvireo
- tuhkapäävireo
- valkosilmävireo
- vihervireo
- viiksivireo
Anagrams
- viero
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.re.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪreoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.re.o/, [ˈviːreo]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *wizēō, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). See also Old English wise (“stalk, sprout”), Old Norse visir (“sprout, bud”), Lithuanian veisti (“propagate”).
Verb
vireō (present infinitive virēre, perfect active viruī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I am verdant, green; I sprout new green growth.
- I flourish; I am lively, vigorous.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of vireō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | vireō | virēs | viret | virēmus | virētis | virent |
| imperfect | virēbam | virēbās | virēbat | virēbāmus | virēbātis | virēbant | |
| future | virēbō | virēbis | virēbit | virēbimus | virēbitis | virēbunt | |
| perfect | viruī | viruistī | viruit | viruimus | viruistis | viruērunt, viruēre | |
| pluperfect | virueram | viruerās | viruerat | viruerāmus | viruerātis | viruerant | |
| future perfect | viruerō | virueris | viruerit | viruerimus | virueritis | viruerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | viream | vireās | vireat | vireāmus | vireātis | vireant |
| imperfect | virērem | virērēs | virēret | virērēmus | virērētis | virērent | |
| perfect | viruerim | viruerīs | viruerit | viruerīmus | viruerītis | viruerint | |
| pluperfect | viruissem | viruissēs | viruisset | viruissēmus | viruissētis | viruissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | virē | — | — | virēte | — |
| future | — | virētō | virētō | — | virētōte | virentō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | virēre | viruisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | virēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| virendī | virendō | virendum | virendō | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- virectum
- viridis
- viror
Noun
vireō m (genitive vireōnis); third declension
- a bird, probably the greenfinch.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vireō | vireōnēs |
| Genitive | vireōnis | vireōnum |
| Dative | vireōnī | vireōnibus |
| Accusative | vireōnem | vireōnēs |
| Ablative | vireōne | vireōnibus |
| Vocative | vireō | vireōnēs |
Descendants
- → English: vireo
References
- “vireo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vireo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vireo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) bodily strength: vires corporis or merely vires
- (ambiguous) to gain strength: vires colligere
- (ambiguous) to lose strength: vires aliquem deficiunt
- (ambiguous) as long as one's strength holds out: dum vires suppetunt
- (ambiguous) to become old and feeble: vires consenescunt
- (ambiguous) bodily strength: vires corporis or merely vires