veho Latin · revision 3559

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *weǵʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwe.(ɦ)oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvɛː.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vehō''' (present infinitive vehere, perfect active vē̆xī, supine vectum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*weχ-e/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*ueǵʰ-e/o-|t=to carry]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) [[vectigal|alt=Vectīgal]] “tax” presupposes a noun *wekti- “levy”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[xum|arveitu|t=let him add]],^(de Vaan 2008) [[sa|वहति|tr=váhati|t=carries]], [[grc|ὄχος|tr=ókhos|t=carriage]], [[goh|wagan|t=wagon]] and [[en|wain]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Livius Andronicus onwards.^(de Vaan 2008) In Plautus a merchant says he sold all the goods he had brought.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to carry on the shoulders or on horseback, to convey goods by cart or ship, and of wind and water to bear along, as Virgil's “the south wind carried me over the sea for three nights”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) The passive ''vehi'' meant to ride or travel, as ''in equo vehi'' “to ride a horse” in Cicero and Catullus' “carried through many peoples and over many seas”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Geographers used it of land stretching from one point to another.^(OLD 2012) English ''vehicle'' came from its derivative ''vehiculum'' in the 1610s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 280/260 – before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of goods brought by ship.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''in equo vehi'', “to ride a horse”.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses the passive of travelling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''vehicle'' comes from its derivative ''vehiculum''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|carry]], bear (on the body or an animal).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|convey]], transport (by cart or ship).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of wind or water)'' To bear along.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make (land) extend.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(passive)'' To ride, travel, be borne.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[advehō]]

+ * [[convehō]]

+ * [[ēvehō]]

+ * [[invehō]]

+ * [[prōvehō]]

+ * [[subvehō]]

+ * [[supervehor]]

+ * [[trānsvehō]]

+ * [[vectō]]

+ * [[vector]]

+ * [[vectuarius]]

+ * [[vectūra]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vectīgal]]

+ * [[vectis]]

+ * [[convexus]]

+ * [[en|vehicle]]

+ * [[en|wain]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}