verbthird conjugation
vīsō
vīsō (present infinitive vīsere, perfect active vīsī, supine vīsum)
Classical[ˈwiː.soː]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.s̬o]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to look at, look into, stare at, view
- to go to see, visit, call upon
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
eō ut videam; amīcōs vīsimus.vīsō -ere vīsī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vīsō | vīsēbam | vīsam | vīsī | vīseram | vīserō |
| 2nd sg. | vīsis | vīsēbās | vīsēs | vīsistī | vīserās | vīseris |
| 3rd sg. | vīsit | vīsēbat | vīset | vīsit | vīserat | vīserit |
| 1st pl. | vīsimus | vīsēbāmus | vīsēmus | vīsimus | vīserāmus | vīserimus |
| 2nd pl. | vīsitis | vīsēbātis | vīsētis | vīsistis | vīserātis | vīseritis |
| 3rd pl. | vīsunt | vīsēbant | vīsent | vīsērunt vīsēre | vīserant | vīserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vīsam | vīserem | vīserim | vīsissem |
| 2nd sg. | vīsās | vīserēs | vīserīs | vīsissēs |
| 3rd sg. | vīsat | vīseret | vīserit | vīsisset vīsset |
| 1st pl. | vīsāmus | vīserēmus | vīserīmus | vīsissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | vīsātis | vīserētis | vīserītis | vīsissētis |
| 3rd pl. | vīsant | vīserent | vīserint | vīsissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vīsor | vīsēbar | vīsar |
| 2nd sg. | vīseris vīsere | vīsēbāris vīsēbāre | vīsēris vīsēre |
| 3rd sg. | vīsitur | vīsēbātur | vīsētur |
| 1st pl. | vīsimur | vīsēbāmur | vīsēmur |
| 2nd pl. | vīsiminī | vīsēbāminī | vīsēminī |
| 3rd pl. | vīsuntur | vīsēbantur | vīsentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | vīsar | vīserer |
| 2nd sg. | vīsāris vīsāre | vīserēris vīserēre |
| 3rd sg. | vīsātur | vīserētur |
| 1st pl. | vīsāmur | vīserēmur |
| 2nd pl. | vīsāminī | vīserēminī |
| 3rd pl. | vīsantur | vīserentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | vīse | vīsere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | vīsite | vīsiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | vīsitō | vīsitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | vīsitō | vīsitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | vīsitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | vīsuntō | vīsuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | vīsere | vīsī |
| perfect infinitive | vīsisse | vīsum esse |
| future infinitive | vīsūrum esse | vīsum īrī |
| present participle | vīsēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | vīsus |
| future participle | vīsūrus | vīsendus vīsundus, vīsenda, vīsendā, vīsendae, vīsendam, vīsendārum, vīsendās, vīsende, vīsendīs, vīsendōrum, vīsendōs, vīsunda, vīsundā, vīsundae, vīsundam, vīsundārum, vīsundās, vīsunde, vīsundī, vīsundīs, vīsundō, vīsundōrum, vīsundōs, vīsundum |
gerundvīsendī, vīsendō, vīsendumsupinevīsum, vīsū
vīso, si, sum, 3, v. freq. a. and n. video,
I. to look at attentively, to view, behold, survey (class.).
I. Lit.:
ludos nuptiales, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 2: ex muris visite agros vestros ferro inique vastatos, Liv. 3, 68, 2: praeda Macedonica omnis, ut viseretur, exposita, id. 45, 33, 5: ubi audiret potius contumelias inperatoris quam viseret, Tac. A. 14, 1.— Absol.: vise, specta tuo arbitratu, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 106: visendi causā venire, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9: undigue visendi studio Trojana juventus Circumfusa ruit, Verg. A. 2, 63. —P. a.: visendus, to be seen, worth seeing: ornatus, Cic. Vatin. 13, 31: arbores visendae magnitudinis, Plin. 16, 44, 91, § 242.—Pass.: nec civitas ulla visitur, is seen, i. e. exists, Amm. 16, 3, 1.—Subst.: vīsenda, ōrum, n., objects worth notice, sights: Athenae multa visenda habentes, Liv. 45, 27.—II. Transf.
A. To go or come in order to look at, to see to, look after; constr. with acc., a rel.-clause, or ad.
(a). With acc.:
illa in arcem abivit, aedem visere Minervae, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; cf. id. Rud. 5, 1, 6: fit concursus per vias; Filios suos quisque visunt, id. Ep. 2, 2, 28.—(b). With rel.-clause:
ego quid me velles, visebam, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 4; id. Mil. 3, 1, 113; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 60; Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 5 al.: visam si domi est, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; id. Eun. 3, 4, 7.—(g). With ad:
vise ad portum, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 114: accensus dicit sic: omnes Quirites, inlicium visite huc ad judices, Varr. L. L. 6, § 88 Müll.— B. To go to see, to visit any one, esp. a sick person (qs. to see how he is).
(a). With acc.:
constitui ad te venire, ut et viderem te et viserem et cenarem etiam, Cic. Fam. 9, 23: uxorem Pamphili, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6 sq.: quae Paphon visit, Hor. C. 3, 28, 15: altos Visere montes, id. ib. 1, 2, 8 et saep.— Pass., of places: propter quem Thespiae visuntur, is visited, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4: Cn. Octavii domus cum vulgo viseretur, id. Off. 1, 39, 138.—(b). With ad:
aegram esse simulant mulierem: nostra ilico It visere ad eam, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 114; cf.: L. Piso ap. Gell. 6, 9, 5; Lucr. 6, 1238; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 22.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vīsō sī, sus, ere, freq.
video, to look at attentively, view, behold, survey: ex muris visite agros vestros ferro ignique vastatos, L.: visendi causā venire: ornatu visendo, worth seeing.—To go to look, see to, look after, ascertain: vise redieritne iam an non dum domum, T.—To go to see, visit. uxorem Pamphili, T.: Paphon, H.: propter quem Thespiae visuntur, is visited: nos longo intervallo: It visere ad eam, T.: Ibit ad amicam, Visat! O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *weidsō, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti, an s-desiderative verb from the root *weyd- (“to see”), whence also videō (“to see”) from a stative formation.