vigere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigēre (“to be vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish; to be in honor, esteem or repute; to prosper; to be alive, live”), from Proto-Italic *wegēō, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵeh₁(ye)-, stative verb derived from the root *weǵ- (“lively; strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.d͡ʒe.re/
• Rhymes: -idʒere
• Hyphenation: vì‧ge‧re

Verb

vìgere (third-person only, third-person singular present vìge, no past historic, no past participle) (intransitive)

1. to be in force (of a law or regulation)
2. to be current or in use (of a custom)
3. (intransitive, literary, rare) to be strong, to thrive, to flourish
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, pages 557–558, lines 79–84:

     O donna in cui la mia speranza vige, ¶ e che soffristi per la mia salute ¶ in inferno lasciar le tue vestige, ¶ di tante cose quant’i’ ho vedute, ¶ dal tuo podere e da la tua bontate ¶ riconosco la grazia e la virtute.

     O Lady, thou in whom my hope is strong, and who for my salvation didst endure in Hell to leave the imprint of thy feet, of whatsoever things I have beheld, as coming from thy power and from thy goodness I recognise/recognize the virtue and the grace.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vìgere (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	vìgere
auxiliary verb		—	gerund		vigèndo
present participle		vigènte	past participle		—
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	vìge	—	—	vìgono
imperfect	—	—	vigéva	—	—	vigévano
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	—	—	vigerà	—	—	vigerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	vigerèbbe, vigerébbe	—	—	vigerèbbero, vigerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	vìga	—	—	vìgano
imperfect	—	—	vigésse	—	—	vigéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• vigente
• vigore
• vigoroso

 

Further reading

• vigere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• ergevi

Latin

Verb

vigēre

1. present active infinitive of vigeō

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Etymology

From Middle English figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈɡiː/

Noun

vigere

1. figure
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 9-11:

     Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,

     In each and every condition it is with joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114