vigere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigēre, present infinitive of vigeō (“to be vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish; to be in honor, esteem or repute; to prosper; to be alive, live”), from Proto-Italic *wegēō, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵeh₁(ye)-, stative verb derived from the root *weǵ- (“lively; strong”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -idʒere
  • Hyphenation: vì‧ge‧re

Verb

vìgere (third-person only, third-person singular present vìge, no past historic, no past participle) (intransitive)

  1. to be in force (of a law or regulation)
  2. to be current or in use (of a custom)
  3. (intransitive, literary, rare) to be strong, to thrive, to flourish
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXI, lines 79–84, page 557–558:
      O donna in cui la mia speranza vige, ¶ e che soffristi per la mia salute ¶ in inferno lasciar le tue vestige, ¶ di tante cose quant’i’ ho vedute, ¶ dal tuo podere e da la tua bontate ¶ riconosco la grazia e la virtute.
      O Lady, thou in whom my hope is strong, and who for my salvation didst endure in Hell to leave the imprint of thy feet, of whatsoever things I have beheld, as coming from thy power and from thy goodness I recognise/recognize the virtue and the grace.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of vìgere (root-stressed -ere; third-person only; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive vìgere
auxiliary verb — gerund vigèndo
present participle vigènte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — vìge — — vìgono
imperfect — — vigéva — — vigévano
past historic — — — — — —
future — — vigerà — — vigerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — vigerèbbe, vigerébbe — — vigerèbbero, vigerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — vìga — — vìgano
imperfect — — vigésse — — vigéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

Further reading
  • vigere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

vigēre

  1. present active infinitive of vigeō

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figūra.

Noun

vigere

  1. figure
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 10:
      th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,
      that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114
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