vis

From Latin vis.

vis (plural vires)

1. Force; energy; might; power.

• vim
• virial

vis

1. Abbreviation of viscount.

From Tamil வீசை (vīcai) and/or Telugu వీసె (vīse)

• IPA^(key): /vɪs/

vis (plural visses)

1. Alternative spelling of viss

• ISV, IVs, SIV

From Dutch vis.

• IPA^(key): /fəs/

vis (plural visse, diminutive vissie)

1. fish

From Proto-Albanian *uitśi-(ā), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”). Cognate to Sanskrit विश् (víś, “settlement, community, tribe”), Ancient Greek οἰκία (oikía, “house”), Latin vicus (“village”).

vis m (indefinite plural vise, definite singular visi, definite plural viset)

1. place, land, country

• visele

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪs]
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: viz

vis

1. second-person singular imperative of viset

• vsi

From Latin vādō.

• IPA^(key): /βis/

vis

1. (first-person singular indicative present) of zer

• Rhymes: -es
• Rhymes: -iːˀs

vis c

1. manner, way

   Altså må jeg finde æblerne på anden vis.

   In conclusion, I must find the apples some other way.

• -vis

vis

1. wise

From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz.

vis

1. sure, certain

   den visse død

   certain death

2. certain, a

   En vis hr. Broholm vil tale med Dem.

   A mr. Broholm wishes to speak with you.

vis

1. imperative of vise

• IPA^(key): /vɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

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From Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-.

vis m (plural vissen, diminutive visje n)

1. fish

• (before 1934) visch

• Afrikaans: vis

See the etymology of the main entry.

vis

1. first-person singular present indicative of vissen
2. imperative of vissen

From Old French viz, from Latin vītis (“vine”).

• IPA^(key): /vis/

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• Homophones: visse, visses, vissent

vis f (plural vis)

1. screw (metal fastener)

• dévisser
• serrer la vis
• tournevis
• visser

See vivre.

• IPA^(key): /vi/
• Homophones: vit, vie, vies

vis

1. inflection of vivre:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

See voir.

• IPA^(key): /vi/
• Homophones: vit, vie, vies

vis

1. first/second-person singular past historic of voir

• “vis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wiːs/

From Proto-Italic *wīs, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s (“force, vehemence”), from *weyh₁- (“to rush”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἴς (ís, “strength”). See also via, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).

vīs f (irregular, genitive *vīs); third declension

1. force, power, strength
2. violence
   • the Wikipedia page Martin Luther on Catholic church reform

     Nōn vī, sed verbō.

     Not through violence, but the word.

   ad vim atque ad arma confugere ― to fly to violence and fighting

3. (figuratively) assault, affront
4. (New Latin, physics) energy, force

The plural forms of this noun are often treated as a separate plurale tantum noun.

Third declension, but with shortened stem in the singular. The genitive and dative singular forms are rarely used.

• vindex
• violēns/ violentus
• violō

• English: vis, vim

From volō (“wish”).

vīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of volō

• quantusvīs
• sī vīs

• vis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • there is a storm at sea: mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbatur
    
  • straight on: rectā (viā)
    
  • to wish any one a prosperous journey: aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • to be robust, vigorous: bonis esse viribus
    
  • as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    
  • to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
    
  • to enjoy good health: bona (firma, prospera) valetudine esse or uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • to lay hands on oneself: manus, vim sibi afferre
    
  • to perform the last offices of affection: supremis officiis aliquem prosequi (vid sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to have considerable influence on a question: magnam vim habere ad aliquid
    
  • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • to wish prosperity to an undertaking: aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omnibus viribusor nervis contendere, ut
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: omni ope atque opera or omni virium contentione eniti, ut
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: pro viribus eniti et laborare, ut
    
  • there seems a prospect of armed violence; things look like violence: res spectat ad vim (arma)
    
  • to express clearly, make a lifelike representation of a thing: exprimere aliquid verbis or oratione (vid. sect. VI. 3, note adumbrare...)
    
  • to possess presence of mind: praesenti animo uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    
  • to behave with cruelty: crudelitate uti (vid. sect. VI. 8, note uti...)
    
  • to use insulting expressions to any one: contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
    
  • to use violence against some one: vim adhibere, facere alicui
    
  • to do violence to a person: vim inferre alicui
    
  • to kill with violence: vim et manus afferre alicui (Catil. 1. 8. 21)
    
  • to meet force by force: vim vi depellere
    
  • to meet force by force: vi vim illatam defendere
    
  • to vote (in the popular assembly): suffragium ferre (vid. sect. VI. 4, note Not sententiam...)
    
  • to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
    
  • to procure a very large supply of corn: frumenti vim maximam comparare
    
  • by force of arms: vi et armis
    
  • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
    
  • to have recourse to force of arms: ad vim et arma descendere (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly...)
    
  • to fight hand-to-hand, at close quarters: collatis signis (viribus) pugnare
    
  • (ambiguous) the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    
  • (ambiguous) bodily strength: vires corporis or merely vires
    
  • (ambiguous) to gain strength: vires colligere
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose strength: vires aliquem deficiunt
    
  • (ambiguous) as long as one's strength holds out: dum vires suppetunt
    
  • (ambiguous) to become old and feeble: vires consenescunt
    
  • (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
    
• vis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• vis in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

vis (invariable)

1. Used to strengthen denying of the verb

   nav vis ― not at all

   es neiešu vis ― I shall not go

vis

1. very, most (synonym of word pats)

• viz

From Old French vis.

vis m (plural vis)

1. face

• French: vis

vis

1. first-person singular preterite of vaie

From Old Norse víss

vis (neuter singular vist, definite singular and plural vise, comparative visere, indefinite superlative visest, definite superlative viseste)

1. wise

• visdom

vis

1. imperative of vise

• IPA^(key): /ʋiːs/

From Old Norse vís. Akin to English wise.

vis m (definite singular visen, indefinite plural visar, definite plural visane)
vis f (definite singular visa, indefinite plural viser, definite plural visene)
vis n (definite singular viset, indefinite plural vis, definite plural visa)

1. a way, manner

   Dette har vore gjort på ulik vis.

   This has been done in different ways.

   Her gjer me det på dette viset.

   We do it in this manner here.

From Old Norse víss. Akin to English wise.

vis (masculine and feminine vis, neuter vist, definite singular and plural vise, comparative visare, indefinite superlative visast, definite superlative visaste)

1. wise

   Han er ein vis mann.

   He is a wise man.

vis

1. imperative of visa

• “vis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin vīsus (“act of looking; appearance”).

vis m (oblique plural vis, nominative singular vis, nominative plural vis)

1. (anatomy) face
2. opinion

• (face): visage, face

• French: visage, avis

vis f (plural vis)

1. vine

vis

1. Masculine and feminine plural of adjective vil.

From Latin vīsum.

IPA^(key): [vis]

vis n (plural visuri or vise)

1. dream; vision

• visa
• vedea

• вис (Moldavian spelling)

From Proto-Slavic *vysь.

• IPA^(key): /ʋîːs/

vȋs m (Cyrillic spelling ви̑с)

1. (expressively, in the literature) height

   dići u vis ― to raise,elevate

   skok u vis ― high jump

2. summit (of a hill)

• “vis” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (“knowledgeable”).

vis

1. wise

• In de tre vise männen (“the three wise men”), an antiquated weak masculine plural form vise is used.

From Old Norse vís, from Proto-Germanic *wīsą.

vis n

1. a way; manner in which something is done or happens

• sätt

From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (“knowledgeable.”)

vi:s (neuter vist)

1. aware

   ja voʈʈ int vis de

   I didn't notice you.

   han vart eint vis bjenom i ti

   He didn’t notice the bear in time.

From Middle Dutch visch, from Old Dutch fisc, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pisḱ-.

vis m (plural [please provide])

1. fish