valeo

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-éh₁ye-ti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwa.ɫe.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvaː.le.o] === Verb === valeō (present infinitive valēre, perfect active valuī, supine valitum); second conjugation to have strength, influence, power; to avail Antonyms: langueō, languēscō, ēlanguēscō, senēscō to be well, healthy, sound Synonym: salveō Antonyms: iaceō, aegrōtō, cubō to be worth, be worthy to be effectual, be efficacious, be of effect, be good for Synonyms: prōficiō, prōsum Antonym: officiō to be in force, in effect (said of laws) to mean, signify (used of words or statements that have a certain force or power in meaning) (Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin) to be able; to prevail Synonyms: polleo, possum, queō, praevaleō, vigeō Antonym: nequeō (New Latin, rare) to leave; to go away ==== Usage notes ==== The supine valitum is more or less unused, but is listed by some grammars in order to illustrate the stem. Others list the future active participle, valitūrus, which is built on the same stem. Passive use is rarely attested. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== polleō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “valeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “valeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “valeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.