vehō

vehō lat. Wrtdtng: "ich weg", "wege" im Sinne von einen Weg gehen, wegen als tun im Sinne von Fahren auf einem Weg, einhergehend mit dem was auf dem Weg getragen wird.

From Proto-Italic *weɣō, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to ride”) (present stem from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, perfect stem either from Proto-Indo-European *wḗǵʰst or a later formation of the same type). Cognate with Arcadocypriot Greek ϝέχω (wékhō), Sanskrit वहति (vahati), Persian وز (vaz), Old English wegan.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwe.(ɦ)oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.o]
The length of the vowel in the perfect stem vē̆x- is uncertain per Bennett 1907, Buck 1913 and Sihler 1995. De Vaan 2008, Weiss 2009 and Vine 2017 mark it as long (representing a lengthened ablaut grade of the root). As the use of the suffix -s- to form perfects remained productive into Latin, the Latin perfect form could in theory be an independent formation rather than going back to a common ancestor of Latin, Greek and Sanskrit. In the PIE stage, Ringe reconstructs this type of aorist as having a long vowel in the singular but a short vowel in the plural (e.g. *wḗǵʰst vs. *wéǵʰsn̥d).

Verb

vehō (present infinitive vehere, perfect active vē̆xī, supine vectum); third conjugation

to carry, bear, convey, transport
Synonyms: ferō, portō, trahō, agō, vectō, dūcō, gerō, efferō, dēdūcō, prōdūcō, addūcō, trādūcō
(passive voice) to ride; to be borne

Usage notes

May be used to mean carried by a person, riding a horse, ferried by ship, and many other means of conveyance. Uses ablative of means.