volo
Catalan
Verb
volo
- first-person singular present indicative form of volar
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin volō (“I wish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvolo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -olo
- Hyphenation: vol‧o
Noun
volo (accusative singular volon, plural voloj, accusative plural volojn)
- volition
- what one desires or wishes, a gift of peace, one's wish
- a Latin shortcut for the word Volabesta
Related terms
- vola (“voluntary”, adjective)
- vole (“voluntarily”, adverb)
- voli (“to want, wish”, verb)
Italian
Etymology 1
From volare (“to fly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvo.lo/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -olo
- Hyphenation: vó‧lo
Noun
volo m (plural voli)
- flight (of a bird; trip in a plane)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
volo
- first-person singular present indicative of volare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯o.loː/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvo.lo/, [ˈvɔːlo]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *welō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”). Cognate with Sanskrit वृणीते (vṛṇīte, “to choose, prefer”), Old English willan (“to will, wish, desire”). More at will.
Verb
volō (present infinitive velle, perfect active voluī); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no imperative
- I wish, I please
- Tibi bene ex animō volō.
- I wish you well with all my heart.
- Hanc rem pūblicam salvam esse volumus.
- We wish this republic to be safe.
- I want
- Quid vīs?
- What do you want?
- Nunc, (ego) edere volō.
- Now, I want to eat.
- c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 618:
- Dō tibi operam, Aristophontēs, sī quid est quod mē velīs.
- I’m at your service, Aristophontes, if there’s anything you want of me.
- Dō tibi operam, Aristophontēs, sī quid est quod mē velīs.
- I mean, I intend
- Et dixit ad socerum, "Quid est quod facere voluisti?
- And he said to his father-in-law: "What is it that thou didst mean to do?" (KJV Bible, Genesis 29:25)
- Quibus ad se accersitis rex ait: "Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis ut pueros servaretis?"
- And the king called for them, and said: "What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?" (KJV Bible, Exodus 1:18)
- Et dixit ad socerum, "Quid est quod facere voluisti?
- I am willing, I consent
- I am going to, I intend, I am about to, I am on the point of
Conjugation
While it does have third conjugation forms, this verb is irregular. In Romance, it was regularized into a second conjugation verb *voleō (present infinitive *volēre), apparently based on the present participle volēns (that is probably inherited, like iēns from Proto-Italic *jents, and also the model for the formation of the perfect voluī), just like most forms of possum were regularized to fit a second conjugation stem *potē-. Its present infinitive, velle, descends from the athematic infinitive form Proto-Italic *wel-zi (*-zi being the source of the usual infinitive ending -re as well). The second person singular present form vīs is suppletive and belongs to the root Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to strive after, pursue”); the original form appears to be preserved as the conjunction vel (from Proto-Italic *wel-s).
| Conjugation of volō (irregular, suppletive in the second-person singular indicative present, active only, no imperatives) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | volō | vīs | vult, volt | volumus | vultis, voltis | volunt |
| imperfect | volēbam | volēbās | volēbat | volēbāmus | volēbātis | volēbant | |
| future | volam | volēs | volet | volēmus | volētis | volent | |
| perfect | voluī | voluistī | voluit | voluimus | voluistis | voluērunt, voluēre | |
| pluperfect | volueram | voluerās | voluerat | voluerāmus | voluerātis | voluerant | |
| future perfect | voluerō | volueris | voluerit | voluerimus | volueritis | voluerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | velim | velīs | velit | velīmus | velītis | velint |
| imperfect | vellem | vellēs | vellet | vellēmus | vellētis | vellent | |
| perfect | voluerim | voluerīs | voluerit | voluerīmus | voluerītis | voluerint | |
| pluperfect | voluissem | voluissēs | voluisset | voluissēmus | voluissētis | voluissent | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | velle | voluisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | volēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
Derived terms
- mālō
- nōlō
- quantusvīs
- vel
- velleitās
- volēns
- Volumnus
- voluntās
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: *voleō (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Italic *gʷelāō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti (“to throw, raise the arm”), from *gʷelH- (“to throw”).[1]
Verb
volō (present infinitive volāre, perfect active volāvī, supine volātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- to fly
- Verba volant, scrīpta manent.
- Words fly, writings remain.
- Verba volant, scrīpta manent.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of volō (first conjugation, impersonal in passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | volō | volās | volat | volāmus | volātis | volant |
| imperfect | volābam | volābās | volābat | volābāmus | volābātis | volābant | |
| future | volābō | volābis | volābit | volābimus | volābitis | volābunt | |
| perfect | volāvī | volāvistī | volāvit | volāvimus | volāvistis | volāvērunt, volāvēre | |
| pluperfect | volāveram | volāverās | volāverat | volāverāmus | volāverātis | volāverant | |
| future perfect | volāverō | volāveris | volāverit | volāverimus | volāveritis | volāverint | |
| passive | present | — | — | volātur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | volābātur | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | volābitur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | volātum est | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | volātum erat | — | — | — | |
| future perfect | — | — | volātum erit | — | — | — | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | volem | volēs | volet | volēmus | volētis | volent |
| imperfect | volārem | volārēs | volāret | volārēmus | volārētis | volārent | |
| perfect | volāverim | volāverīs | volāverit | volāverīmus | volāverītis | volāverint | |
| pluperfect | volāvissem | volāvissēs | volāvisset | volāvissēmus | volāvissētis | volāvissent | |
| passive | present | — | — | volētur | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | volārētur | — | — | — | |
| perfect | — | — | volātum sit | — | — | — | |
| pluperfect | — | — | volātum esset, volātum foret | — | — | — | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | volā | — | — | volāte | — |
| future | — | volātō | volātō | — | volātōte | volantō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | volāre | volāvisse | volātūrum esse | volārī | volātum esse | — | |
| participles | volāns | — | volātūrus | — | volātum | volandum | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| volandī | volandō | volandum | volandō | volātum | volātū | ||
Derived terms
- advolō
- antevolō
- āvolō
- circumvolō
- convolō
- dēvolō
- ēvolō
- intervolō
- involō
- pervolō
- praetervolō
- praevolō
- prōvolō
- revolō
- subvolō
- supervolō
- trānsvolō
- volantēs
- volāticus
- volātilis
- volātus
- volitō
- volucer
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: volare
- Neapolitan: vulà
- Sicilian: vulari
- Padanian:
- Ligurian: xoâ
- Venetian: volar
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- French: voler
- Walloon: voler
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: volar
- Occitan: volar
- Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: voar
- Portuguese: voar
- Spanish: volar
- Papiamentu: bula
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: bolai
- Logudorese: bolare
- Sardinian:
- Derived forms:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *exvolo (see there for further descendants)
References
- “volo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “volo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- volo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be favourably disposed towards: alicuius causa velle or cupere
- convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: sic volo te tibi persuadere
- he attained his object: id quod voluit consecutus est
- he attained his object: ad id quod voluit pervenit
- what is the meaning of this: quid hoc sibi vult?
- to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
- to wish to speak to some one: velle aliquem (Plaut. Capt. 5. 2. 24)
- a word with you: paucis te volo
- a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
- (ambiguous) the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
- (ambiguous) vivid, lively imagination: ingenii vis or celeritas
- (ambiguous) what do you mean to do: quid tibi vis?
- (ambiguous) oratorical power: vis dicendi
- (ambiguous) what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae est vis huius verbi?
- (ambiguous) the fundamental meaning of a word: vis et notio verbi, vocabuli
- (ambiguous) enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
- to be favourably disposed towards: alicuius causa velle or cupere
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 687
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “volō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 687–688
Malagasy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvulʷ/
(file)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (compare Malay bulu), from Proto-Austronesian *bulu.
Noun
volo
- (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malay buluh), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.
Noun
volo
- bamboo (wood)