# veglio
## Italian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Occitan vielh. Doublet of vecchio.

#### Alternative forms

* ueglio (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛʎ.ʎo/
* Rhymes: -ɛʎʎo
* Hyphenation: vè‧glio

#### Adjective

veglio (feminine veglia, masculine plural vegli, feminine plural veglie)
* (obsolete, poetic) old (chiefly of people)
    Synonym: vecchio
    Antonym: giovane
** 1374, Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere‎, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 379, lines 1–4:Diceami spesso il mio fidato speglio, L’animo stanco e la cangiata scorza E la scemata mia destrezza e forza: Non ti nasconder più; tu se’ pur veglio.Often my faithful mirror shows me my weary spirit, and my altered skin, and my weakened skill and strength, saying: ‘Don’t fool yourself any more: you are old.’
** 16th c., Ludovico Ariosto, Cinque Canti‎, Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 234:E per gli molti esempi che gia letto De capitani havea del tempo veglio Com’huom, ch’amava sopra ogni diletto D’udir historie, e farne al viver speglioAnd for the many examples he already read about, of the captains of the old times, as a man who, above all pleasures, loved to hear stories about them, and mirror them in life.

#### Noun

veglio m (plural vegli, feminine veglia)
* (obsolete, poetic) old man
    Synonym: vecchio
    Antonym: giovane
** 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:vidi presso di me un veglio solo, degno di tanta reverenza in vista, che più non dee a padre alcun figliuolo.I saw near me an old man alone, worthy of so much reverence in his look, that more owes not to father any son.

##### Derived terms

* vegliardo

### Etymology 2

From Latin vellus. Doublet of vello.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛʎ.ʎo/
* Rhymes: -ɛʎʎo
* Hyphenation: vè‧glio

#### Noun

veglio m (plural vegli)
* (obsolete) Alternative form of vello
** 14th century, Giovanni dalle Celle, Lettere‎, published 1845, page 116:Ancora nel Vecchio Testamento è figurato questo nel veglio di Gedeone, il quale fu prima pieno di rugiada di grazia, e tutto l’altro mondo era secco, e maladettoThis is seen again, in the Old Testament, with Gideon's fleece, which was first covered in dew by grace, while the rest of the world was dry and cursed

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈveʎ.ʎo/
* Rhymes: -eʎʎo
* Hyphenation: vé‧glio

#### Verb

veglio
* first-person singular present indicative of vegliare

### Further reading

* veglio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* levigo, levigò, voglie

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯e.ɡli.oː/, [ˈu̯ɛɡlʲioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈve.ɡli.o/, [ˈvɛːɡlio]

### Noun

vegliō m (genitive vegliōnis); third declension
* Alternative form of veglō

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | vegliō | vegliōnēs |
| Genitive | vegliōnis | vegliōnum |
| Dative | vegliōnī | vegliōnibus |
| Accusative | vegliōnem | vegliōnēs |
| Ablative | vegliōne | vegliōnibus |
| Vocative | vegliō | vegliōnēs |

### References

* Vegliones in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)