vallo

See also: Vallo and valló

Galician

Verb

vallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of valer

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈval.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: vàl‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vallum.

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) the wooden fence built at the top of a rampart
2. (historical, Ancient Rome, loosely) rampart, bulwark
3. (literary) fortification

   Synonym: fortificazione

4. (poetic, figurative) bastion, defense

   Synonyms: baluardo, bastione, trincea

Related terms

• vallare

Etymology 2

Gender shift from valle, from Latin vallem.

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

1. Alternative form of valle (“valley”)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin vallus, diminutive of vannus (“winnowing basket”).

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

1. (dialectal) sieve

   Synonyms: crivello, setaccio

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vallo

1. compound of val, the second-person singular imperative form of andare, with lo

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of vallare

Further reading

• vallo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• vallo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• vallo³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯al.loː/, [ˈu̯älːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈval.lo/, [ˈvälːo]

Etymology 1

From vallum (“wall, rampart”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

vallō (present infinitive vallāre, perfect active vallāvī, supine vallātum); first conjugation

1. to surround, wall or fortify with a rampart or palisade

Usage notes

• The nature of the root vowel (i.e. whether it is văllō or vāllō) is not properly known. Most dictionaries that specify vowel length in closed syllables, especially those published in the 21st century, do not mark it as long.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vallō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vallō		vallās		vallat		vallāmus		vallātis		vallant
	imperfect	vallābam		vallābās		vallābat		vallābāmus		vallābātis		vallābant
	future	vallābō		vallābis		vallābit		vallābimus		vallābitis		vallābunt
	perfect	vallāvī		vallāvistī		vallāvit		vallāvimus		vallāvistis		vallāvērunt, vallāvēre
	pluperfect	vallāveram		vallāverās		vallāverat		vallāverāmus		vallāverātis		vallāverant
	future perfect	vallāverō		vallāveris		vallāverit		vallāverimus		vallāveritis		vallāverint
passive	present	vallor		vallāris, vallāre		vallātur		vallāmur		vallāminī		vallantur
	imperfect	vallābar		vallābāris, vallābāre		vallābātur		vallābāmur		vallābāminī		vallābantur
	future	vallābor		vallāberis, vallābere		vallābitur		vallābimur		vallābiminī		vallābuntur
	perfect	vallātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vallātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vallātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vallem		vallēs		vallet		vallēmus		vallētis		vallent
	imperfect	vallārem		vallārēs		vallāret		vallārēmus		vallārētis		vallārent
	perfect	vallāverim		vallāverīs		vallāverit		vallāverīmus		vallāverītis		vallāverint
	pluperfect	vallāvissem		vallāvissēs		vallāvisset		vallāvissēmus		vallāvissētis		vallāvissent
passive	present	valler		vallēris, vallēre		vallētur		vallēmur		vallēminī		vallentur
	imperfect	vallārer		vallārēris, vallārēre		vallārētur		vallārēmur		vallārēminī		vallārentur
	perfect	vallātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vallātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vallā		—		—		vallāte		—
	future	—		vallātō		vallātō		—		vallātōte		vallantō
passive	present	—		vallāre		—		—		vallāminī		—
	future	—		vallātor		vallātor		—		—		vallantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vallāre			vallārī			vallāns			—
future		vallātūrum esse			vallātum īrī			vallātūrus			vallandus
perfect		vallāvisse			vallātum esse			—			vallātus
future perfect		—			vallātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vallātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vallandī		vallandō		vallandum		vallandō		vallātum		vallātū

Descendants

• Italian: vallare
• Spanish: vallar
• Galician: valar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vallō

1. dative/ablative singular of vallum (“wall”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vallō

1. dative/ablative singular of vallus (“stake”)

References

• “vallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vallo", 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)
• vallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep watch on the rampart: custodias agere in vallo
    
  • (ambiguous) to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
    

Spanish

Verb

vallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of vallar