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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *wijejō, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₁iéye-, from *weh₁y- (to twist, to twine).

Cognates include Sanskrit वयति (vayati, to wind, to weave), Ancient Greek ἴτυς (ítus, felloe), Ἶρις (Îris), Russian вить (vitʹ), English wire, garland, Albanian vithe.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vieō (present infinitive viēre, supine viētum); second conjugation, no perfect stem

  1. (transitive) to bend or twist, plait, weave
    Synonyms: curvō, flectō, plectō, texō, torqueō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of vieō (second conjugation, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vieō viēs viet viēmus viētis vient
imperfect viēbam viēbās viēbat viēbāmus viēbātis viēbant
future viēbō viēbis viēbit viēbimus viēbitis viēbunt
passive present vieor viēris,
viēre
viētur viēmur viēminī vientur
imperfect viēbar viēbāris,
viēbāre
viēbātur viēbāmur viēbāminī viēbantur
future viēbor viēberis,
viēbere
viēbitur viēbimur viēbiminī viēbuntur
perfect viētus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect viētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect viētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vieam vieās vieat vieāmus vieātis vieant
imperfect viērem viērēs viēret viērēmus viērētis viērent
passive present viear vieāris,
vieāre
vieātur vieāmur vieāminī vieantur
imperfect viērer viērēris,
viērēre
viērētur viērēmur viērēminī viērentur
perfect viētus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect viētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present viē viēte
future viētō viētō viētōte vientō
passive present viēre viēminī
future viētor viētor vientor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives viēre viētūrum esse viērī viētum esse viētum īrī
participles viēns viētūrus viētus viendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
viendī viendō viendum viendō viētum viētū

Derived terms

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References

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  • vieo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vieo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN