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

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 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

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
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