English

Proper noun

Volo

1. A city in Illinois, United States.

Catalan

Verb

volo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of volar

Esperanto

Noun

volo ‎(accusative singular volon, plural voloj, accusative plural volojn)

1. volition
2. what one desires or wishes, a gift of peace, one's wish
3. a Latin shortcut for the word Volabesta

Related terms

• vola ‎(“voluntary”)
• vole ‎(“voluntarily”)
• voli ‎(“to want, wish”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lo/
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: vó‧lo

Noun

volo m ‎(plural voli)

1. flight (of a bird; trip in a plane)

Verb

volo

1. first-person singular present of volare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwo.loː/, [ˈwɔ.ɫoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lo/, [ˈvɔː.lo], [ˈvoː.lo]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *welō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Sanskrit वृणीते ‎(vṛṇīte, “to choose, prefer”), Old English willan ‎(“to will, wish, desire”). More at will.

Verb

volō ‎(present infinitive velle, perfect active voluī); irregular conjugation, no passive

1. I wish

   Tibi bene ex animo volo.‎

   I wish you well with all my heart.

   Hanc rem publicam salvam esse volumus.‎

   We wish this republic to be safe.

2. I want

   Quid vis?‎

   What do you want?

   Nunc edere volo.‎

   Now I want to eat.

3. I mean, intend
   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 618

     Do tibi operam, Aristophontes, si quid est quod me velis.

     I’m at your service, Aristophontes, if there’s anything you want of me.

   Et dixit ad socerum, "Quid est quod facere voluisti?‎KJV Bible, Genesis, 29:25

   And he said to his father-in-law: "What is it that thou didst mean to do?

   Quibus ad se accersitis rex ait: "Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis ut pueros servaretis?"‎KJV Bible, Exodus, 1:18

   And the king called for them, and said: "What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the children?"

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• nōlō
• mālō

Descendants

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

volō ‎(present infinitive volāre, perfect active volāvī, supine volātum); first conjugation

1. I fly

   Verba volant, scrīpta manent.

   Words fly, writings remain.

Inflection

Derived terms

• volantēs
• volātilis
• volātus
• volitō
• volucer

Descendants

References

• volo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• volo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “volo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be favourably disposed towards: alicuius causa velle or cupere
    
  • convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: sic volo te tibi persuadere
    
  • he attained his object: id quod voluit consecutus est
    
  • he attained his object: ad id quod voluit pervenit
    
  • what is the meaning of this: quid hoc sibi vult?
    
  • to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • to wish to speak to some one: velle aliquem (Plaut. Capt. 5. 2. 24)
    
  • a word with you: paucis te volo
    
  • a word with you: tribus verbis te volo
    
  • (ambiguous) the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) vivid, lively imagination: ingenii vis or celeritas
    
  • (ambiguous) what do you mean to do: quid tibi vis?
    
  • (ambiguous) oratorical power: vis dicendi
    
  • (ambiguous) what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quae est vis huius verbi?
    
  • (ambiguous) the fundamental meaning of a word: vis et notio verbi, vocabuli
    
  • (ambiguous) enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 687

Malagasy

Etymology 1

From Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *bulu (compare Malay bulu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu, from Proto-Austronesian *bulu.

Noun

volo

1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *buluq (compare Malay buluh), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.

Noun

volo

1. bamboo (wood)