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 und sei es nur sich.

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.