vegeo

Latin

Etymology

Old verb from Proto-Italic *wegeō, from earlier *wegejō, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵ-éye-, causative verb from *weǵ- (“to be lively”). Compare with the stative vigeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.ɡe.oː/, [ˈu̯ɛɡeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.d͡ʒe.o/, [ˈvɛːd͡ʒeo]

Verb

vegeō (present infinitive vegēre, perfect active veguī); second conjugation, no supine stem, limited passive

1. (transitive) to move, excite, quicken, arouse
2. (intransitive) to be lively or active

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of vegeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, only third-person forms in the passive)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vegeō	vegēs	veget	vegēmus	vegētis	vegent
	imperfect	vegēbam	vegēbās	vegēbat	vegēbāmus	vegēbātis	vegēbant
	future	vegēbō	vegēbis	vegēbit	vegēbimus	vegēbitis	vegēbunt
	perfect	veguī	veguistī	veguit	veguimus	veguistis	veguērunt, veguēre
	pluperfect	vegueram	veguerās	veguerat	veguerāmus	veguerātis	veguerant
	future perfect	veguerō	vegueris	veguerit	veguerimus	vegueritis	veguerint
passive	present	—	—	vegētur	—	—	vegentur
	imperfect	—	—	vegēbātur	—	—	vegēbantur
	future	—	—	vegēbitur	—	—	vegēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vegeam	vegeās	vegeat	vegeāmus	vegeātis	vegeant
	imperfect	vegērem	vegērēs	vegēret	vegērēmus	vegērētis	vegērent
	perfect	veguerim	veguerīs	veguerit	veguerīmus	veguerītis	veguerint
	pluperfect	veguissem	veguissēs	veguisset	veguissēmus	veguissētis	veguissent
passive	present	—	—	vegeātur	—	—	vegeantur
	imperfect	—	—	vegērētur	—	—	vegērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vegē	—	—	vegēte	—
	future	—	vegētō	vegētō	—	vegētōte	vegentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vegēre	veguisse	—	vegērī	—	—
participles		vegēns	—	—	—	—	vegendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vegendī	vegendō	vegendum	vegendō	—	—

Derived terms

• vegetus

Related terms

• vegetābilis
• vegetālis
• vegetāmen
• vegetātiō
• vegetātor
• vegetō

References

• “vegeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vegeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN