# vireo
## English
### Etymology

From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“I am green”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈvi.ɹi.oʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

vireo (plural vireos or vireoes)
* Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
** 1998, Sally Roth, Attracting Birds to Your Backyard, page 257:The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes. Vireos tend to sing in bursts interrupted by short or long pauses.
** 2007, Jonathan Elphick, The Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds, page 72:Uniquely American, the vireos are a group of some 46 foliage-gleaning forest birds with uncertain family connections. Vireo species are about equally divided between North and South America, with one, the Black-whiskered Vireo, largely restricted to the West Indies. Several vireos make long migratory journeys; all are nocturnal migrants.
** 2012, Eloise Potter, Birds of the Carolinas, Easyread Large Edition, page 94,
    This$^{[thewhite-eyedvireo]}$ is our only vireo that has two white wing bars, yellow spectacles, and yellow sides.
* Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets, and peppershrikes.
** 1950, Ernest Sheldon Booth, Birds of the West, page 282:Family Vireonidae Vireos The vireos are slim grayish green birds that stay high up in the trees most of the time.

#### Usage notes

The alternative plural form vireoes appears to be relatively rare and dated.

#### Derived terms

* Bell's vireo
* Hutton's vireo
* shrike-vireo (Vireolanius spp.)
* warbling vireo

#### Translations
### Further reading

* vireo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Vireo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Vireo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## Finnish
### Etymology

From translingual Vireo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋireo/, [ˈʋire̞o̞]
* Rhymes: -ireo
* Hyphenation: vi‧reo

### Noun

vireo
* vireo (bird of the genus Vireo)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vireo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vireoni
vireoni
accusative
nom.
vireoni
vireoni
gen.
vireoni
genitive
vireoni
vireoideni vireoitteni
partitive
vireotani
vireoitani
inessive
vireossani
vireoissani
elative
vireostani
vireoistani
illative
vireooni
vireoihini
adessive
vireollani
vireoillani
ablative
vireoltani
vireoiltani
allative
vireolleni
vireoilleni
essive
vireonani
vireoinani
translative
vireokseni
vireoikseni
abessive
vireottani
vireoittani
instructive
comitative
—vireoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vireosi
vireosi
accusative
nom.
vireosi
vireosi
gen.
vireosi
genitive
vireosi
vireoidesi vireoittesi
partitive
vireotasi
vireoitasi
inessive
vireossasi
vireoissasi
elative
vireostasi
vireoistasi
illative
vireoosi
vireoihisi
adessive
vireollasi
vireoillasi
ablative
vireoltasi
vireoiltasi
allative
vireollesi
vireoillesi
essive
vireonasi
vireoinasi
translative
vireoksesi
vireoiksesi
abessive
vireottasi
vireoittasi
instructive
comitative
—vireoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vireomme
vireomme
accusative
nom.
vireomme
vireomme
gen.
vireomme
genitive
vireomme
vireoidemme vireoittemme
partitive
vireotamme
vireoitamme
inessive
vireossamme
vireoissamme
elative
vireostamme
vireoistamme
illative
vireoomme
vireoihimme
adessive
vireollamme
vireoillamme
ablative
vireoltamme
vireoiltamme
allative
vireollemme
vireoillemme
essive
vireonamme
vireoinamme
translative
vireoksemme
vireoiksemme
abessive
vireottamme
vireoittamme
instructive
comitative
—vireoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vireonne
vireonne
accusative
nom.
vireonne
vireonne
gen.
vireonne
genitive
vireonne
vireoidenne vireoittenne
partitive
vireotanne
vireoitanne
inessive
vireossanne
vireoissanne
elative
vireostanne
vireoistanne
illative
vireoonne
vireoihinne
adessive
vireollanne
vireoillanne
ablative
vireoltanne
vireoiltanne
allative
vireollenne
vireoillenne
essive
vireonanne
vireoinanne
translative
vireoksenne
vireoiksenne
abessive
vireottanne
vireoittanne
instructive
comitative
—vireoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vireonsa
vireonsa
accusative
nom.
vireonsa
vireonsa
gen.
vireonsa
genitive
vireonsa
vireoidensa vireoittensa
partitive
vireotaan vireotansa
vireoitaan vireoitansa
inessive
vireossaan vireossansa
vireoissaan vireoissansa
elative
vireostaan vireostansa
vireoistaan vireoistansa
illative
vireoonsa
vireoihinsa
adessive
vireollaan vireollansa
vireoillaan vireoillansa
ablative
vireoltaan vireoltansa
vireoiltaan vireoiltansa
allative
vireolleen vireollensa
vireoilleen vireoillensa
essive
vireonaan vireonansa
vireoinaan vireoinansa
translative
vireokseen vireoksensa
vireoikseen vireoiksensa
abessive
vireottaan vireottansa
vireoittaan vireoittansa
instructive
comitative
—vireoineen vireoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* amazonianvireo
* andienpippurivireo
* andienvireo
* bahianvireo
* costaricanvireo
* cozumelinvireo
* haitinvireo
* harmaapäävireo
* harmaarintavireo
* harmaavireo
* jukataninvireo
* kanadanvireo
* keltalepinkäisvireo
* keltaperävireo
* keltarintavireo
* kultarintavireo
* kultavireo
* kuubanvireo
* lavertajavireo
* lepinkäisvireo
* lyijyvireo
* mangrovevireo
* meksikonlepinkäisvireo
* meksikonpikkuvireo
* meksikonvireo
* noronhanvireo
* oliivivireo
* oliivivyövireo
* pajuvireo
* paksunokkavireo
* pensasvireo
* pikkuvihervireo
* pilvimetsävireo
* pippurivireo
* puertoriconvireo
* punasilmävireo
* rionegronvireo
* ruostevireo
* ruskolakkivireo
* ruso-otsavireo
* sanandresinvireo
* silmälasivireo
* sinilakkivireo
* sininiskavireo
* sinipäävireo
* sitruunavireo
* tammivireo
* teksasinvireo
* tepuinvireo
* tuhkapäävireo
* valkosilmävireo
* vihervireo
* viiksivireo
* vireomuura

### Anagrams

* viero

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯i.re.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪreoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈvi.re.o/, [ˈviːreo]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *wizēō, from Proto-Indo-European *wiséh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). See also Old English wise (“stalk, sprout”), Old Norse visir (“sprout, bud”), Lithuanian veisti (“propagate”).

#### Verb

vireō (present infinitive virēre, perfect active viruī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
* to be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
* to flourish; to be lively, vigorous

##### Derived terms

* virectum
* viridis
* viror

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

vireō m (genitive vireōnis); third declension
* a bird, probably the greenfinch

##### Declension

Third-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* → English: vireo
* ⇒ Spanish: verderón

### References

* “vireo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “vireo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* vireo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) bodily strength: vires corporis or merely vires (ambiguous) to gain strength: vires colligere (ambiguous) to lose strength: vires aliquem deficiunt (ambiguous) as long as one's strength holds out: dum vires suppetunt (ambiguous) to become old and feeble: vires consenescunt