"vis" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈwiːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s (“force, vehemence”), from *weyh₁- (“to rush”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “strength”), Sanskrit वयस् (vayas, “enjoyment, vigor, youth, age”). See also via, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*weyh₁-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*wīs}} Proto-Italic *wīs, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*wéyh₁s||force, vehemence}} Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s (“force, vehemence”), {{cog|grc|ἴς||strength}} Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “strength”), {{cog|sa|वयस्||enjoyment, vigor, youth, age}} Sanskrit वयस् (vayas, “enjoyment, vigor, youth, age”), {{m+|grc|οἶμος}} Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos) Head templates: {{la-noun|((vīs/v<3.I.pure.sg.not_N>,vīrēs/vīr<3.I.pl.not_N>))|acc_pl=vīrēs/vīrīs/vīs|acc_sg=vim|g=f|gen_sg=vīs|nom_pl=vīrēs/vīs|voc_pl=vīrēs/vīs}} vīs f (genitive vīs); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((vīs/v<3.I.pure.sg.not_N>,vīrēs/vīr<3.I.pl.not_N>))|acc_pl=vīrēs/vīrīs/vīs|acc_sg=vim|gen_sg=vīs|nom_pl=vīrēs/vīs|voc_pl=vīrēs/vīs}} Forms: vīs [canonical, feminine], vīs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vīs [nominative, singular], vīrēs [nominative, plural], vīs [nominative, plural], vīs [genitive, singular], vīrium [genitive, plural], vī [dative, singular], vīribus [dative, plural], vim [accusative, singular], vīrēs [accusative, plural], vīrīs [accusative, plural], vīs [accusative, plural], vī [ablative, singular], vīribus [ablative, plural], vīs [singular, vocative], vīrēs [plural, vocative], vīs [plural, vocative]
  1. force, power, strength, vigor, faculty, potency Tags: declension-3 Synonyms: rōbur, ops, vehementia
    Sense id: en-vis-la-noun-fYTaxeJG
  2. (in the plural) strength, might (physical) Tags: declension-3, in-plural
    Sense id: en-vis-la-noun-PtEC3SC-
  3. violence, assault Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-vis-la-noun-ZCcwjVzG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Violence Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 10 28 6 5 4 20 9 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 14 23 15 11 16 10 Disambiguation of Violence: 8 4 66 4 4 1 8 5 Synonyms: aggressiō, impressiō, assultus, invāsiō, concursus, impetus, appetītus, occursiō, oppugnātiō, incursus, incursiō, petītiō, ictus, procella
  4. (figuratively) meaning, significance, nature, essence and value of a word Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-vis-la-noun-aR4RreW8
  5. (figuratively) assault, affront Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-vis-la-noun-V4E53y3B
  6. (figuratively) quantity, flood Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-vis-la-noun-2matB9Di
  7. (New Latin, physics) energy, force Tags: New-Latin, declension-3
    Sense id: en-vis-la-noun-b8bqcGvG Categories (other): New Latin, Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vindex, violēns, violentia, violentus, violō
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [ˈwiːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: vīs [canonical]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|ine-pro||*wéyh₁si}} Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁si, {{ncog|ine-pro|*welh₁-}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=vīs}} vīs
  1. second-person singular present active indicative of volō Tags: active, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular Form of: volō Derived forms: quantusvīs, sī vīs, quīvīs
    Sense id: en-vis-la-verb-ymjytV-4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vindex"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "violēns"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "violentia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "violentus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "violō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vim"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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        "2": "वयस्",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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      "form": "vīs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "vīrēs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīrium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "((vīs/v<3.I.pure.sg.not_N>,vīrēs/vīr<3.I.pl.not_N>))",
        "acc_pl": "vīrēs/vīrīs/vīs",
        "acc_sg": "vim",
        "g": "f",
        "gen_sg": "vīs",
        "nom_pl": "vīrēs/vīs",
        "voc_pl": "vīrēs/vīs"
      },
      "expansion": "vīs f (genitive vīs); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((vīs/v<3.I.pure.sg.not_N>,vīrēs/vīr<3.I.pl.not_N>))",
        "acc_pl": "vīrēs/vīrīs/vīs",
        "acc_sg": "vim",
        "gen_sg": "vīs",
        "nom_pl": "vīrēs/vīs",
        "voc_pl": "vīrēs/vīs"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "May the Force be with you.",
          "text": "Sit vīs tēcum.",
          "translation": "May the Force be with you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh and it’s really going too far, in my opinion, when anyone believes a command which is made by force to be more weighty and durable than that which is joined with affection.",
          "ref": "160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 65–67",
          "text": "Ō et erat longē mea quidem sententia, / quī imperium crēdat gravius esse et stabilius / vī quod fit quam illud quod amīcitia adiungitur.",
          "translation": "Oh and it’s really going too far, in my opinion, when anyone believes a command which is made by force to be more weighty and durable than that which is joined with affection."
        }
      ],
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        "force, power, strength, vigor, faculty, potency"
      ],
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          "force"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "vigor",
          "vigor"
        ],
        [
          "faculty",
          "faculty"
        ],
        [
          "potency",
          "potency"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rōbur"
        },
        {
          "word": "ops"
        },
        {
          "word": "vehementia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
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        {
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            [
              8,
              15
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ],
            [
              36,
              41
            ],
            [
              58,
              63
            ]
          ],
          "english": "with all his strength; with all her might; with all their force",
          "text": "omnibus vīribus",
          "translation": "with all his strength; with all her might; with all their force",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strength, might (physical)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vis-la-noun-PtEC3SC-",
      "links": [
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          "strength",
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        [
          "might",
          "might"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) strength, might (physical)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 10 28 6 5 4 20 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 14 23 15 11 16 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 4 66 4 4 1 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "la:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Not through violence, but the word.",
          "text": "the Wikipedia page Martin Luther on Catholic church reform\nNōn vī, sed verbō.",
          "translation": "Not through violence, but the word.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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            [
              3,
              6
            ]
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "appeal to violence and fighting",
          "text": "ad vim atque ad arma confugere",
          "translation": "appeal to violence and fighting",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "violence, assault"
      ],
      "id": "en-vis-la-noun-ZCcwjVzG",
      "links": [
        [
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        [
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aggressiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "impressiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "assultus"
        },
        {
          "word": "invāsiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "concursus"
        },
        {
          "word": "impetus"
        },
        {
          "word": "appetītus"
        },
        {
          "word": "occursiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "oppugnātiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "incursus"
        },
        {
          "word": "incursiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "petītiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "ictus"
        },
        {
          "word": "procella"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "meaning, significance, nature, essence and value of a word"
      ],
      "id": "en-vis-la-noun-aR4RreW8",
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        [
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        [
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          "significance"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
        ],
        [
          "essence",
          "essence"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) meaning, significance, nature, essence and value of a word"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "assault, affront"
      ],
      "id": "en-vis-la-noun-V4E53y3B",
      "links": [
        [
          "assault",
          "assault"
        ],
        [
          "affront",
          "affront"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) assault, affront"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "quantity, flood"
      ],
      "id": "en-vis-la-noun-2matB9Di",
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        [
          "quantity",
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        [
          "flood",
          "flood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) quantity, flood"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "la:Physics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "energy, force"
      ],
      "id": "en-vis-la-noun-b8bqcGvG",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin, physics) energy, force"
      ],
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        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwiːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vis"
}

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          "word": "sī vīs"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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}
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    "Latin non-lemma forms",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "vindex"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "violentia"
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    {
      "word": "violentus"
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    {
      "word": "violō"
    }
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          "english": "May the Force be with you.",
          "text": "Sit vīs tēcum.",
          "translation": "May the Force be with you.",
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          "english": "Oh and it’s really going too far, in my opinion, when anyone believes a command which is made by force to be more weighty and durable than that which is joined with affection.",
          "ref": "160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 65–67",
          "text": "Ō et erat longē mea quidem sententia, / quī imperium crēdat gravius esse et stabilius / vī quod fit quam illud quod amīcitia adiungitur.",
          "translation": "Oh and it’s really going too far, in my opinion, when anyone believes a command which is made by force to be more weighty and durable than that which is joined with affection."
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          "word": "ops"
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          "english": "with all his strength; with all her might; with all their force",
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          "english": "Not through violence, but the word.",
          "text": "the Wikipedia page Martin Luther on Catholic church reform\nNōn vī, sed verbō.",
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          "word": "concursus"
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          "word": "occursiō"
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          "word": "incursus"
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          "word": "incursiō"
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          "word": "petītiō"
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          "word": "ictus"
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          "word": "procella"
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        "(figuratively) quantity, flood"
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        "(New Latin, physics) energy, force"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈvis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vis"
}

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      "word": "quantusvīs"
    },
    {
      "word": "sī vīs"
    },
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      "word": "quīvīs"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "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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      "ipa": "[ˈvis]",
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    }
  ],
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}

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