vigeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wegēō (with unexpected i), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-eh₁-(ye)-, stative verb from *weǵ- (“to be lively”), same ultimate source of English wake. Compare with the causative vegeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.ɡe.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪɡeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.d͡ʒe.o/, [ˈviːd͡ʒeo]

Verb

vigeō (present infinitive vigēre, perfect active viguī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish

   Synonyms: polleo, possum, valeō, praevaleō, queō

   Antonym: nequeō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.175:

     Mōbilitāte viget, vīrēsque adquīrit eundō.

     [Rumor] thrives on swift action, and gains strength by going forth.

2. to be in honor, esteem or repute; prosper
3. to be alive, live

Conjugation

Conjugation of vigeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vigeō	vigēs	viget	vigēmus	vigētis	vigent
	imperfect	vigēbam	vigēbās	vigēbat	vigēbāmus	vigēbātis	vigēbant
	future	vigēbō	vigēbis	vigēbit	vigēbimus	vigēbitis	vigēbunt
	perfect	viguī	viguistī	viguit	viguimus	viguistis	viguērunt, viguēre
	pluperfect	vigueram	viguerās	viguerat	viguerāmus	viguerātis	viguerant
	future perfect	viguerō	vigueris	viguerit	viguerimus	vigueritis	viguerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vigeam	vigeās	vigeat	vigeāmus	vigeātis	vigeant
	imperfect	vigērem	vigērēs	vigēret	vigērēmus	vigērētis	vigērent
	perfect	viguerim	viguerīs	viguerit	viguerīmus	viguerītis	viguerint
	pluperfect	viguissem	viguissēs	viguisset	viguissēmus	viguissētis	viguissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vigē	—	—	vigēte	—
	future	—	vigētō	vigētō	—	vigētōte	vigentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vigēre	viguisse	—	—	—	—
participles		vigēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vigendī	vigendō	vigendum	vigendō	—	—

Derived terms

• pervigeō
• vigēscō
• vigil
• vigor

Related terms

• vigōrō

Descendants

• Italian: vigere
• Portuguese: viger

References

• “vigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vigeo 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 in the prime of life: aetate florere, vigere
    
  • a rumour is prevalent: rumor, fama viget
    
  • learning, scientific knowledge is flourishing: artium studia or artes vigent (not florent)
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN