# valeo
## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯a.le.oː/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪eoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.le.o/, [ˈväːleo]

### Verb

valeō (present infinitive valēre, perfect active valuī, supine valitum); second conjugation, no passive
* to be strong, to have strength, to have influence, to have power, to be powerful, to avail
    Antonyms: langueō, languēscō, ēlanguēscō, senēscō
** 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.30:valuitque apud Veientes [...] pacta cum Romulo indutiarum fidesThe truce of peace agreed upon with Romulus had influence among the Veientes.
* to be well, healthy, sound
    Antonyms: iaceō, aegrōtō, cubō
* to be worth, to be of worth, to be worthy
* to be effectual, be efficacious, be of effect, be good for
    Synonyms: prōficiō, prōsum
    Antonym: officiō
** c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 116.5–6: […] hunc videō mihi nunc frūstrā sūmptum esse labōrem, Gellī, nec nostrās hīc valuisse precēs.1894 translation by Leonard C. SmithersI see now that this effort was undertaken by me in vain, Gellius, and that our prayers to this end were of no avail.
* to be in force, in effect (said of laws)
* to mean, signify (used of words or statements that have a certain force or power in meaning)
* (Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin) to be able; to prevail
    Synonyms: polleo, possum, queō, praevaleō, vigeō
    Antonym: nequeō
* (New Latin, rare) to leave; to go away

#### Usage notes

The supine can be either valitūrum or valitum. Passive use is rarely attested.

#### Derived terms

* aequivaleō
* pervaleō
* praevaleō
* supervaleō
* valē
* valedīcō
* valēns
* valenter
* valentia
* Valentina
* Valentinus
* valentulus
* valēscō
* valētūdō
* validus
* valor

#### Related terms

* polleō

#### Descendants

* Asturian: valir
* Catalan: valer, valdre
* Dalmatian: valar
* English: vale, vail, value
* Franco-Provençal: valêr
* French: valoir
* Friulian: valê
* → Galician: valer (semi-learned)
* Interlingua: valer
* Italian: valere
* Occitan: vàler, vàldre
* Portuguese: valer
* Romansch: valair, valer, valeir
* Sardinian: balere, baliri, valere
* Sicilian: vàliri
* Spanish: valer
* Venetan: valer
* Walloon: valeur

### References

* “valeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “valeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* valeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to be indisposed: leviter aegrotare, minus valere to contribute much towards...; to affect considerably; to be instrumental in..: multum valere ad aliquid to be highly favoured by; to be influential with..: multum valere gratia apud aliquem to possess great authority; to be an influential person: auctoritate valere or florere to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: multum auctoritate valere, posse apud aliquem to have great influence with a person; to have considerable weight: alicuius auctoritas multum valet apud aliquem to be talented, gifted: ingenio valere to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere to have a good memory: memoriā (multum) valere (opp. memoriā vacillare) to be gifted, talented: ingenio valere to be very eloquent: eloquentia valere to have great weight as a speaker: multum dicendo valere, posse to unable to find a suitable expression: verbo parum valere (Tusc. 3. 5. 11) to have the same meaning: idem valere, significare, declarare the word has a narrow meaning: vocabulum angustius valet I bid you good-bye, take my leave: te valere iubeo (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas to have great influence: opibus, gratia, auctoritate valere, florere to have a powerful navy: rebus maritimis multum valere (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas