volo

See also: Volo, voló, volò, and Voló

Catalan

Verb

volo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of volar

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolo/
• Hyphenation: vol‧o
• Rhymes: -olo
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Noun

volo (accusative singular volon, plural voloj, accusative plural volojn)

1. volition
2. what one desires or wishes, a gift of peace, one's wish
3. a Latin shortcut for the word Volabesta

Related terms

• vola (“voluntary”, adjective)
• vole (“voluntarily”, adverb)
• voli (“to want, wish”, verb)

 

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lo/

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: vó‧lo

Noun

volo m (plural voli)

1. flight (of a bird; trip in a plane)

Verb

volo

1. first-person singular present indicative of volare

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Latin

FWOTD – 14 November 2012

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.loː/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lo/, [ˈvɔːlɔ]

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *welō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”). Cognate with Sanskrit वृणीते (vṛṇīte, “to choose, prefer”), Old English willan (“to will, wish, desire”). More at will.

Verb

volō (present infinitive velle, perfect active voluī); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no imperative

2. I wish, I please

   Tibi bene ex animō volō.

   I wish you well with all my heart.

   Hanc rem pūblicam salvam esse volumus.

   We wish this republic to be safe.

4. I want

   Quid vīsne?

   What do you want?

   Nunc, (ego) edere volō.

   Now, I want to eat.

   • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 618:

     Dō tibi operam, Aristophontēs, sī quid est quod mē velīs.

     I’m at your service, Aristophontes, if there’s anything you want of me.

5. I mean, I intend

   Et dixit ad socerum, "Quid est quod facere voluisti?

   And he said to his father-in-law: "What is it that thou didst mean to do?" (KJV Bible, Genesis 29:25)

   Quibus ad se accersitis rex ait: "Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis ut pueros servaretis?"

   And the king called for them, and said: "What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?" (KJV Bible, Exodus 1:18)

6. I am willing, I consent
7. I am going to, I intend, I am about to, I am on the point of

Conjugation

While it does have third conjugation forms, this verb is irregular. In Romance, it was regularized into a second conjugation verb *voleō (present infinitive *volēre), apparently based on the present participle volēns (that is probably inherited, like iēns from Proto-Italic *jents, and also the model for the formation of the perfect voluī), just like most forms of possum were regularized to fit a second conjugation stem *potē-. Its present infinitive, velle, descends from the athematic infinitive form Proto-Italic *wel-zi (*-zi being the source of the usual infinitive ending -re as well). The second person singular present form vīs is suppletive and belongs to the root Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to strive after, pursue”); the original form appears to be preserved as the conjunction vel (from Proto-Italic *wel-s).

Conjugation of volō (irregular, suppletive in the second-person singular indicative present, active only, no imperatives)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	volō	vīs	vult, volt	volumus	vultis, voltis	volunt
	imperfect	volēbam	volēbās	volēbat	volēbāmus	volēbātis	volēbant
	future	volam	volēs	volet	volēmus	volētis	volent
	perfect	voluī	voluistī	voluit	voluimus	voluistis	voluērunt, voluēre
	pluperfect	volueram	voluerās	voluerat	voluerāmus	voluerātis	voluerant
	future perfect	voluerō	volueris	voluerit	voluerimus	volueritis	voluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	velim	velīs	velit	velīmus	velītis	velint
	imperfect	vellem	vellēs	vellet	vellēmus	vellētis	vellent
	perfect	voluerim	voluerīs	voluerit	voluerīmus	voluerītis	voluerint
	pluperfect	voluissem	voluissēs	voluisset	voluissēmus	voluissētis	voluissent
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		velle	voluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		volēns	—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• mālō
• nōlō
• quantusvīs
• vel
• velleitās
• volēns
• Volumnus
• voluntās

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: voi, vreari
• Bourguignon: veuloi
• Catalan: voler
• Corsican: vulè
• Dalmatian: blaire, blare
• Old Francoprovençal: voler
  • Franco-Provençal: voleir, volêr
• Old French: voleir, voloir
  • French: vouloir
• Gallo: voulair
  • Norman: vouleir
  • Picard: vouloér
• Friulian: volê
• Istriot: vuoi
• Italian: volere
• Ladin: volei, voler
• Ligurian: voeî
• Lombard: vorè
• Mozarabic:

  Arabic: فَّالَّارى‎ (velleri)

  Hebrew: באֵללאֵריִ‎ (velleri)

• Neapolitan: vulè
• Occitan: voler
• Piedmontese: vorej
• Romanian: vrea, vrere
• Romansch: vulair, vuler, vuleir
• Sardinian: bòliri, bolli, bòlliri, vòlere, bòlere
• Sicilian: vòliri, vuliri (dialectal)
• Venetian: voler, vołer
• Walloon: voleur

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *gʷelāō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti (“to throw, raise the arm”), from *gʷelH- (“to throw”).

Verb

volō (present infinitive volāre, perfect active volāvī, supine volātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive

2. to fly

   Verba volant, scrīpta manent.

   Words fly, writings remain.

Conjugation

Conjugation of volō (first conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	volō	volās	volat	volāmus	volātis	volant
	imperfect	volābam	volābās	volābat	volābāmus	volābātis	volābant
	future	volābō	volābis	volābit	volābimus	volābitis	volābunt
	perfect	volāvī	volāvistī	volāvit	volāvimus	volāvistis	volāvērunt, volāvēre
	pluperfect	volāveram	volāverās	volāverat	volāverāmus	volāverātis	volāverant
	future perfect	volāverō	volāveris	volāverit	volāverimus	volāveritis	volāverint
passive	present	—	—	volātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	volābātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	volābitur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	volātum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	volātum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	volātum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	volem	volēs	volet	volēmus	volētis	volent
	imperfect	volārem	volārēs	volāret	volārēmus	volārētis	volārent
	perfect	volāverim	volāverīs	volāverit	volāverīmus	volāverītis	volāverint
	pluperfect	volāvissem	volāvissēs	volāvisset	volāvissēmus	volāvissētis	volāvissent
passive	present	—	—	volētur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	volārētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	volātum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	volātum esset, volātum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	volā	—	—	volāte	—
	future	—	volātō	volātō	—	volātōte	volantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		volāre	volāvisse	volātūrum esse	volārī	volātum esse	—
participles		volāns	—	volātūrus	—	volātum	volandum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		volandī	volandō	volandum	volandō	volātum	volātū

Derived terms

• volantēs
• volāticus
• volātilis
• volātus
• volitō
• volucer

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: azboair, azburari
• Catalan: volar
• French: voler
• Friulian: svolâ
• Galician: voar
• Italian: volare
• Neapolitan: vulà
• Occitan: volar
• Papiamentu: bula
• Portuguese: voar
• Romanian: zbura, zburare
• Romansch: sgular, svolar
• Sardinian: bolare, bolai
• Sicilian: vulari
• Spanish: volar
• Venetian: volar
• Walloon: voler

References

• volo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• volo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• volo 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 favourably disposed towards: alicuius causa velle or cupere
    
  • convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: sic volo te tibi persuadere
    
  • he attained his object: id quod voluit consecutus est
    
  • he attained his object: ad id quod voluit pervenit
    
  • what is the meaning of this: quid hoc sibi vult?
    
  • to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • to wish to speak to some one: velle aliquem (Plaut. Capt. 5. 2. 24)
    
  • a word with you: paucis te volo
    
  • a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
    
  • (ambiguous) the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) vivid, lively imagination: ingenii vis or celeritas
    
  • (ambiguous) what do you mean to do: quid tibi vis?
    
  • (ambiguous) oratorical power: vis dicendi
    
  • (ambiguous) what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae est vis huius verbi?
    
  • (ambiguous) the fundamental meaning of a word: vis et notio verbi, vocabuli
    
  • (ambiguous) enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 687

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Malagasy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvulʷ/

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (compare Malay bulu), from Proto-Austronesian *bulu.

Noun

volo

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malay buluh), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

Noun

volo

1. bamboo (wood)