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vis.

force

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwiːs]Classical-Latin[ˈvis]

  1. force power; influence; strength; faculty; potency

    declension-3 · singular
    vis dicendi
    magnam vim habere ad aliquid

  2. force violence; overwhelming force; coercion; assault; force of arms

    declension-3 · singular
    iter tentare per vim
    mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur

  3. force meaning; significance; nature (essence and value of a word)

    declension-3 · figuratively · singular
    quae est vis huius verbi?
    vis et notio verbi, vocabuli

  4. force assault; affront

    declension-3 · figuratively · singular

  5. force quantity; flood

    declension-3 · figuratively · singular
    frumenti vim maximam comparare
    vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere

  6. force energy; force

    New-Latin · declension-3 · singular

  7. force force

    New-Latin · declension-3 · singular
    Sit vīs tēcum.

  8. strength; might; vigor; capability (physical)

    declension-3 · in-plural
    omnibus vīribus
    vires corporis
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyHs (“force, strength”), sometimes derived from *weyh₁- (“to rush”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ῑ̓́ς (ī́s, “strength”, < *ϝῑ́ς (*wī́s)), Sanskrit वय॑स् (váyas, “vigor; youth; age”). See also via, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).

verb[ˈwiːs]Classical-Latin[ˈvis]

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of volō

    active · form-of · indicative · present · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁si, second-person singular present of *wéyh₁ti. This particular form is suppletive, in contrast to the other forms of volō which derive from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, with the expected etymological inflection *wels becoming vel (“or; and/or”).

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