vieo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wijejō, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₁iéye-, from *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”).

Cognates include Sanskrit व्ययति (vyáyati), Ancient Greek ἴτυς (ítus, “felloe”), Ἶρις (Îris), Russian вить (vitʹ), English wire, garland, Albanian vithe.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.e.oː/, [ˈu̯ieoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.e.o/, [ˈviːeo]

Verb

vieō (present infinitive viēre, supine viētum); second conjugation, no perfect stem

1. (transitive) to bend or twist, plait, weave

   Synonyms: curvō, flectō, plectō, texō, torqueō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vieō (second conjugation, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vieō		viēs		viet		viēmus		viētis		vient
	imperfect	viēbam		viēbās		viēbat		viēbāmus		viēbātis		viēbant
	future	viēbō		viēbis		viēbit		viēbimus		viēbitis		viēbunt
passive	present	vieor		viēris, viēre		viētur		viēmur		viēminī		vientur
	imperfect	viēbar		viēbāris, viēbāre		viēbātur		viēbāmur		viēbāminī		viēbantur
	future	viēbor		viēberis, viēbere		viēbitur		viēbimur		viēbiminī		viēbuntur
	perfect	viētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	viētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	viētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vieam		vieās		vieat		vieāmus		vieātis		vieant
	imperfect	viērem		viērēs		viēret		viērēmus		viērētis		viērent
passive	present	viear		vieāris, vieāre		vieātur		vieāmur		vieāminī		vieantur
	imperfect	viērer		viērēris, viērēre		viērētur		viērēmur		viērēminī		viērentur
	perfect	viētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	viētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		viē		—		—		viēte		—
	future	—		viētō		viētō		—		viētōte		vientō
passive	present	—		viēre		—		—		viēminī		—
	future	—		viētor		viētor		—		—		vientor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		viēre			viērī			viēns			—
future		viētūrum esse			viētum īrī			viētūrus			viendus
perfect		—			viētum esse			—			viētus
future perfect		—			viētum fore			—			—
perfect potential		viētūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		viendī		viendō		viendum		viendō		viētum		viētū

Derived terms

• viēscō
• viētus
• vīmen
• vīmentum
• vītor
• vitta

Related terms

• vītex
• vītis

Further reading

• “vieo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vieo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.