vexo

Catalan

Verb

vexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of vexar

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vejo, from Latin videō. Compare Portuguese vejo, and Spanish veo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈʃʊ/

Verb

vexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ver
2. first-person singular present indicative of vexar

Latin

Alternative forms

• uexō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷegs-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”). Cognate with Old English cweccan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up”). More at quake.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ek.soː/, [ˈu̯ɛks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvek.so/, [ˈvɛkso]

Verb

vexō (present infinitive vexāre, perfect active vexāvī, supine vexātum); first conjugation

1. to shake or jolt violently
2. to harass, annoy
3. to vex, trouble (strong term, involving violence)
4. to persecute

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vexō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vexō		vexās		vexat		vexāmus		vexātis		vexant
	imperfect	vexābam		vexābās		vexābat		vexābāmus		vexābātis		vexābant
	future	vexābō		vexābis		vexābit		vexābimus		vexābitis		vexābunt
	perfect	vexāvī		vexāvistī, vexāstī1		vexāvit, vexāt1		vexāvimus, vexāmus1		vexāvistis, vexāstis1		vexāvērunt, vexārunt, vexāvēre1
	pluperfect	vexāveram, vexāram1		vexāverās, vexārās1		vexāverat, vexārat1		vexāverāmus, vexārāmus1		vexāverātis, vexārātis1		vexāverant, vexārant1
	future perfect	vexāverō, vexārō1		vexāveris, vexāris1		vexāverit, vexārit1		vexāverimus, vexārimus1		vexāveritis, vexāritis1		vexāverint, vexārint1
passive	present	vexor		vexāris, vexāre		vexātur		vexāmur		vexāminī		vexantur
	imperfect	vexābar		vexābāris, vexābāre		vexābātur		vexābāmur		vexābāminī		vexābantur
	future	vexābor		vexāberis, vexābere		vexābitur		vexābimur		vexābiminī		vexābuntur
	perfect	vexātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vexātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vexātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vexem		vexēs		vexet		vexēmus		vexētis		vexent
	imperfect	vexārem		vexārēs		vexāret		vexārēmus		vexārētis		vexārent
	perfect	vexāverim, vexārim1		vexāverīs, vexārīs1		vexāverit, vexārit1		vexāverīmus, vexārīmus1		vexāverītis, vexārītis1		vexāverint, vexārint1
	pluperfect	vexāvissem, vexāssem1		vexāvissēs, vexāssēs1		vexāvisset, vexāsset1		vexāvissēmus, vexāssēmus1		vexāvissētis, vexāssētis1		vexāvissent, vexāssent1
passive	present	vexer		vexēris, vexēre		vexētur		vexēmur		vexēminī		vexentur
	imperfect	vexārer		vexārēris, vexārēre		vexārētur		vexārēmur		vexārēminī		vexārentur
	perfect	vexātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vexātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vexā		—		—		vexāte		—
	future	—		vexātō		vexātō		—		vexātōte		vexantō
passive	present	—		vexāre		—		—		vexāminī		—
	future	—		vexātor		vexātor		—		—		vexantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vexāre			vexārī			vexāns			—
future		vexātūrum esse			vexātum īrī			vexātūrus			vexandus
perfect		vexāvisse, vexāsse1			vexātum esse			—			vexātus
future perfect		—			vexātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vexātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vexandī		vexandō		vexandum		vexandō		vexātum		vexātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• vexātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: vexar
• Galician: vexar
• Italian: vessare
• → Old French: vexer
  • → Middle English: vexen, vexe, vex, wexe
    • English: vex
    • Scots: vex
  • French: vexer
• Piedmontese: vessé
• Portuguese: vexar
• Romanian: vexa
• Spanish: vejar

References

• “vexo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vexo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vexo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be seriously ill: gravi morbo affectum esse, conflictari, vexari
    
  • the Furies harass and torment some one: Furiae agitant et vexant aliquem
    
  • to damage the state: rem publicam vexare
    

Portuguese

Verb

vexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of vexar