volo
CatalanEdit
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
volo (accusative singular volon, plural voloj, accusative plural volojn)
- volition
- what one desires or wishes, a gift of peace, one's wish
- a Latin shortcut for the word Volabesta
Related termsEdit
ItalianEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwo.loː/, [ˈwɔ.ɫoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvo.lo/, [ˈvoː.lo]
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Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Italic *welō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Sanskrit वृणीते (vṛṇīte, “to choose, prefer”), Old English willan (“to will, wish, desire”). More at will.
VerbEdit
volō (present infinitive velle, perfect active voluī); irregular conjugation, no passive
- I wish
- Tibi bene ex animo volo.
- I wish you well with all my heart.
- Hanc rem publicam salvam esse volumus.
- We wish this republic to be safe.
- I want
- Quid vis?
- What do you want?
- Nunc edere volo.
- Now I want to eat.
- I mean, 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)
InflectionEdit
| Conjugation of volo (irregular, 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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Aromanian: voi, vreari
- Bourguignon: veuloi
- Catalan: voler
- Corsican: vulè
- Dalmatian: blaire, blare
- English volition
- French: vouloir, volition
- Franco-provençal: volêr
- Friulian: volê
- Istriot: vuoi
Etymology 2Edit
Related to Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”), as from way and wagon
VerbEdit
volō (present infinitive volāre, perfect active volāvī, supine volātum); first conjugation
- I fly
- Verba volant, scrīpta manent.
- Words fly, writings remain.
- Verba volant, scrīpta manent.
InflectionEdit
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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
- to be favourably disposed towards: alicuius causa velle or cupere
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 687
MalagasyEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (compare Malay bulu), from Proto-Austronesian *bulu.
NounEdit
volo
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malay buluh), from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.
NounEdit
volo
- bamboo (wood)