volo

See also:Volo,voló,volò,andVoló

Catalan

Verb

volo

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeofvolar

Esperanto

Etymology

FromLatinvolō(“I wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈvolo]

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• Rhymes:-olo
• Hyphenation: vol‧o

Noun

volo(accusative singularvolon,pluralvoloj,accusative pluralvolojn)

1. volition
2. what one desires or wishes, a gift of peace, one'swish

Related terms

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Fromvolare(“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈvo.lo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-olo
• Hyphenation:vó‧lo

Noun

volom(pluralvoli)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

volo

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeofvolare

Latin

FWOTD – 14 November 2012

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈu̯o.loː/,[ˈu̯ɔɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈvo.lo/,[ˈvɔːlo]

Etymology 1

FromProto-Italic*welō,fromProto-Indo-European*welh₁-(“to choose, to want”).Cognate withSanskritवृणीते(vṛṇīte,“to choose, prefer”),Old Englishwillan(“to will, wish, desire”).More atwill.

Alternative forms

• voleō(nonstandard)

Verb

volō(present infinitivevelle,perfect activevoluī);irregular conjugation,irregular,nopassive,noimperative

2. towish,toplease

   Tibi bene ex animōvolō.

   Iwishyou well with all my heart.

   Hanc rem pūblicam salvam essevolumus.

   Wewishthis republic to be safe.

4. towant

   Synonyms:dēsīderō,cupiō

   Quidvīs?

   What do youwant?

   Nunc,(ego)ederevolō.

   Now, Iwantto eat.

   • c.200BCE– 190BCE,Plautus,Captivi618:

     Dō tibi operam, Aristophontēs, sī quid est quod mēvelīs.

     I’m at your service, Aristophontes, if there’s anything youwantof me.

5. tomean,tointend
   • 405CE,Jerome,VulgateGenesis 29:25:

     Et dixit ad socerum, "Quid est quod facerevoluisti?

     And he said to his father-in-law: "What is it that thoudidst meanto do? "

   • 405CE,Jerome,VulgateExodus 1:18:

     Quibus ad se accersitis rex ait: "Quidnam est hoc quod facerevoluistisut pueros servaretis? "

     And the king called for them, and said: "What is it that youmeantto do, that you would save the men children? "

6. to bewilling,toconsent
7. to begoingto, tointend,to be about to, to be on the point of

Usage notes

Nōn velleis used in place ofnōllein the second person present indicative active forms and the third person singular present indicative active.

Conjugation

Its present infinitive,velle,descends from the athematic infinitive formProto-Italic*wel-zi(*-zibeing the source of the usual infinitive ending-reas well). The second person singular present formvīsis suppletive and belongs to the rootProto-Indo-European*weyh₁-(“to strive after, pursue”);the original form appears to be preserved as the conjunctionvel(from Proto-Italic*wel-s).

Conjugation ofvolō(irregular,suppletivein the second-person singular indicative present, active only, noimperatives)
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

Reflexes of the non-standard variantvoleō (volēre):

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian:voi,vreari
  • Istro-Romanian:voi
  • Megleno-Romanian:voi,vreari
  • Romanian:vrea,vrere
• Dalmatian:
  • vular
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican:vulè
  • Italian:volere
    • →Esperanto:voli,volo
    • →Ido:volar
  • Neapolitan:volere
  • Sicilian:vòliri,vuliri(regional)
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian:voéi
    • Lombard:vorè
    • Piedmontese:vorej
  • Friulian:volê
  • Istriot:vuoi
  • Ladin:volei,voler
  • Romansch:vulair,vuler,vuleir
  • Venetian:voler,vołer
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan:voler
  • Franco-Provençal:volêr
  • Old French:voloir(see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan:voler
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese:volre(Ribagorçan)
  • ⇒Old Spanish:sivuelqual,sivuelque(“any”),sivuelquando(“whenever”)
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:bolere,volere,boliri,bolli

Etymology 2

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

Verb

volō(present infinitivevolāre,perfect activevolāvī,supinevolātum);first conjugation,impersonalin the passive

2. tofly

   Verbavolant,scrīpta manent.

   Wordsfly,writings remain.

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvolō(first conjugation,impersonalin 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	—	—	volātumest	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	volātumerat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	volātumerit	—	—	—
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	—	—	volātumsit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	volātumesset, volātumforet	—	—	—
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	volātūrumesse	volārī	volātumesse	—
participles		volāns	—	volātūrus	—	volātum	volandum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		volandī	volandō	volandum	volandō	volātum	volātū

Derived terms

• advolō
• antevolō
• āvolō
• circumvolō
• convolō
• dēvolō
• ēvolō
• intervolō
• involō
• pervolō
• praetervolō
• praevolō
• prōvolō
• revolō
• subvolō
• supervolō
• trānsvolō
• volantēs
• volāticus
• volātilis
• volātus
• volitō
• volucer

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian:volare
  • Neapolitan:volare
  • Sicilian:vulari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:volare,volai
• North Italian:
  • Venetian:volar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan:volar
  • French:voler
  • Walloon:voler
  • Occitan:volar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:voar
    • Galician:voar
    • Portuguese:voar
  • Spanish:volar
• Vulgar Latin:
  • ⇒*exvolāre(see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “volo”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “volo”,inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York: Harper & Brothers
• voloinGaffiot, 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 causavelleorcupere
    
  • 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 visorceleritas
    
  • (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,page687

Malagasy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈvulʷ/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*bulu(compareMalaybulu), fromProto-Austronesian*bulu.

Noun

volo

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

Etymology 2

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*buluq(compareMalaybuluh), fromProto-Austronesian*buluq.

Noun

volo

1. bamboo(wood)