vis

Etymology 1

From Latin vis.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

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

Anagrams

• ISV, IVs, SIV

Etymology

From Dutch vis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəs/

Noun

vis (plural visse, diminutive vissie)

1. fish

Etymology

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”).

Noun

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

1. place, land, country

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vis

1. second-person singular imperative of viset

Anagrams

• vsi

Etymology

From Latin vādō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βis/

Verb

vis

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -es
• Rhymes: -iːˀs

Noun

vis c

1. manner, way

   Altså må jeg finde æblerne på anden vis.

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

Adjective

vis

1. wise

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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.

Verb

vis

1. imperative of vise

Alternative forms

• (before 1934) visch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪs/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

vis m (plural vissen, diminutive visje n)

1. fish

Verb

vis

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See vivre.

Etymology 3

See voir.

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wiːs/

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

From volō (“wish”).

References

• 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

Particle

vis (invariable)

1. Used to strengthen denying of the verb

   nav vis ― not at all

   es neiešu vis ― I shall not go

Adverb

vis

1. very, most (synonym of word pats)

Alternative forms

• viz

Etymology

From Old French vis.

Noun

vis m (plural vis)

1. face

Verb

vis

1. first-person singular preterite of vaie

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víss

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiːs/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vís. Akin to English wise.

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víss. Akin to English wise.

Adjective

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.

Verb

vis

1. imperative of visa

References

• “vis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) face
2. opinion

Adjective

vis

1. Masculine and feminine plural of adjective vil.

Etymology

From Latin visum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vis]

Noun

vis n (plural visuri or vise)

1. dream; vision

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vysь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîːs/

Noun

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)

References

• “vis” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology

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

Adjective

vi:s (neuter vist)

1. aware

   ja voʈʈ int vis de

   I didn't notice you.