Galician

Verb

vexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ver

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷegs-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- ‎(“to shake, swing”). Cognate with Old English cweccan ‎(“to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up”). More at quake.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweːk.soː/

Verb

vēxō ‎(present infinitive vēxāre, perfect active vēxāvī, supine vēxātum); first conjugation

1. I shake or jolt violently.
2. I harass, annoy.
3. I vex, trouble.

Inflection

Descendants

References

• vexo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vexo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vexo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be seriously ill: gravi morbo affectum esse, conflictari, vexari
    
  • the Furies harass and torment some one: Furiae agitant et vexant aliquem
    
  • to damage the state: rem publicam vexare
    

Portuguese

Verb

vexo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of vexar