Latin

Verb

valeō ‎(present infinitive valēre, perfect active valuī, supine valitūrum); second conjugation

1. I am strong
2. I am well, healthy
3. I am worth
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin) I can
5. (New Latin, rare) I leave; I go away

Usage notes

The supine can be either valitūrum or valitum.

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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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “valeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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