LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

vehō

vehō (present infinitive vehere, perfect active vē̆xī, supine vectum)
Classical[ˈwe.(ɦ)oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛː.o]
vectus perf. pass. ptcp.№ 632 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to carry, bear, convey, transport
  2. to ride; to be borne

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

portō; equus hominem vehit; quī vehitur, nōn ambulat.
vehō -ere vēxī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
portātī; vehō = portō
carry; (pass.) ride, sail
vehō -ere, vēxī, vectus — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 1

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.vehōvehēbamvehamvē̆xīvē̆xeramvē̆xerō
2nd sg.vehisvehēbāsvehēsvē̆xistīvē̆xerāsvē̆xeris
3rd sg.vehitvehēbatvehetvē̆xitvē̆xeratvē̆xerit
1st pl.vehimusvehēbāmusvehēmusvē̆ximusvē̆xerāmusvē̆xerimus
2nd pl.vehitisvehēbātisvehētisvē̆xistisvē̆xerātisvē̆xeritis
3rd pl.vehuntvehēbantvehentvē̆xērunt
vē̆xēre		vē̆xerantvē̆xerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.vehamveheremvē̆xerimvē̆xissem
2nd sg.vehāsveherēsvē̆xerīsvē̆xissēs
3rd sg.vehatveheretvē̆xeritvē̆xisset
1st pl.vehāmusveherēmusvē̆xerīmusvē̆xissēmus
2nd pl.vehātisveherētisvē̆xerītisvē̆xissētis
3rd pl.vehantveherentvē̆xerintvē̆xissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.vehorvehēbarvehar
2nd sg.veheris
vehere		vehēbāris
vehēbāre		vehēris
vehēre
3rd sg.vehiturvehēbāturvehētur
1st pl.vehimurvehēbāmurvehēmur
2nd pl.vehiminīvehēbāminīvehēminī
3rd pl.vehunturvehēbanturvehentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.veharveherer
2nd sg.vehāris
vehāre		veherēris
veherēre
3rd sg.vehāturveherētur
1st pl.vehāmurveherēmur
2nd pl.vehāminīveherēminī
3rd pl.vehanturveherentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.vehevehere
pres. 2nd pl.vehitevehiminī
fut. 2nd sg.vehitōvehitor
fut. 3rd sg.vehitōvehitor
fut. 2nd pl.vehitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.vehuntōvehuntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveveherevehī
perfect infinitivevē̆xissevectum esse
future infinitivevectūrum essevectum īrī
present participlevehēns—
perfect participle—vectus
vecta, vectā, vectae, vectam, vectārum, vectās, vecte, vectī, vectīs, vectō, vectōrum, vectōs
future participlevectūrus
vectūra, vectūrā, vectūrae, vectūram, vectūrārum, vectūrās, vectūre, vectūrī, vectūrīs, vectūrō, vectūrōrum, vectūrōs, vectūrum		vehendus
vehundus, vehenda, vehendā, vehendae, vehendam, vehendārum, vehendās, vehende, vehendīs, vehendōrum, vehendōs
gerundvehendī, vehendō, vehendumsupinevectum, vectū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

equo vehi
to ride.
curru vehi, in rheda (Mil. 21. 55)
to drive.

vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n. Sanscr. vahāmi, conduct; Gr. ὄχος, carriage; ὄχλος, crowd; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; cf. Lat. via, vexo.
I. Act., to bear, carry, convey, on the shoulders, by wagon, by horse, by ship, etc. (syn.: fero, gero, porto): quicquid inponas, vehunt, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 95: ille'st oneratus recte et plus justo vehit, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115: siquidem'st decorum erum vehere servom, id. As. 3, 3, 111: reticulum panis onusto umero, Hor. S. 1, 1, 48: formica ore cibum, Ov. A. A. 1, 94: ille taurus, qui vexit Europam, Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78: uxorem plaustro, Tib. 1, 10, 52; cf.: Tantalides ... Pisaeam Phrygiis equis, Ov. Tr. 2, 386: cum triumphantem (Camillum) albi per urbem vexerant equi, Liv. 5, 28, 1; cf.: te, Bacche pater, tuae Vexere tigres, Hor. C. 3, 3, 14: Troica qui profugis sacra vehis ratibus, Tib. 2, 5, 40: dum caelum stellas, dum vehet amnis aquas, id. 1, 4, 66: quodque suo Tagus amne vehit aurum, Ov. M. 2, 251: quod fugiens semel hora vexit, has brought along, has brought, Hor. C. 3, 29, 48.—Absol.: navim prospexi, quanti veheret interrogavi, Quint. 4, 2, 41. —Pass., to be carried or borne, to ride, sail, go, etc.: mihi aequom'st dari ... vehicla qui vehar, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 28: visus est in somnis curru quadrigarum vehi, Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: vehi in essedo, id. Phil. 2, 24, 58: vectus curru, Vell. 2, 82, 4; Ov. M. 5, 360: vehi per urbem, Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in navibus vehi, id. N. D. 3, 37, 89: in navi, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73: navi, id. Am. 2, 2, 220: lintribus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 156 Müll.: puppe, Ov. H. 16, 113: parvā rate, id. M. 1, 319; cf. huc, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 176: navem, ubi vectus fui, id. Mil. 2, 1, 40; id. Merc. 2, 3, 37; id. Stich. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 4, 3, 81: in equo, Cic. Div. 2, 68, 140: in niveis victor equis, Ov. F. 6, 724: nympha vehitur pisce, id. M. 2, 13.—Of other swift motions: ut animal sex motibus veheretur, Cic. Univ. 13: apes liquidum trans aethera vectae, Verg. A. 7, 65.—With acc.: ventis maria omnia vecti, Verg. A. 1, 524.—
II. Neutr., to be borne, to ride, sail, etc., upon any thing (rare, and perh. only in the part. pres. and in the gerund): consuli proconsul obviam in equo vehens venit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 2, 2, 13: per medias laudes quasi quadrigis vehens, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: partim scripserunt, qui ovarent, introire solitos equo vehentes, Gell. 5, 6, 27; Just. 11, 7, 13: cui lectica per urbem vehendi jus tribuit, Suet. Claud. 28.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *weɣō, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to ride”) (present stem from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, perfect stem either from Proto-Indo-European *wḗǵʰst or a later formation of the same type). Cognate with Arcadocypriot Greek ϝέχω (wékhō), Sanskrit वहति (vahati), Persian وز (vaz), Old English wegan.

Descendants
  • Idovehar

In English words that came into English from vehō

  • vectorvector
  • veterinarianveterīnārius
  • vehementvehemēns
  • vehemencevehementia
  • inveighinvehō
  • advectionadvectio
  • vectionvectio
  • invectinvehō
  • provectprovectus
  • provectionprōvectiō
  • voiturevectūra
  • vecturevectūra
  • invectioninvectio

Quick answers

What does vehō mean in Latin?
vehō, a verb, means “to carry, bear, convey, transport; to ride; to be borne”.
What are the principal parts of vehō?
vehō, vehere, vē̆xī, vectum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce vehō?
In classical Latin, [ˈwe.(ɦ)oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvɛː.o].
Which English words come from vehō?
English words that go back to Latin vehō include vector, vehement, inveigh, vection, invect and voiture.