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vieo

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Etymology

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

Cognates include Sanskrit वयति (vayati, to wind, to weave), Ancient Greek ἴτυς (ítus, felloe), Ἶρις (Îris), Russian вить (vitʹ), English wire, garland, Albanian vithe.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN