[ˈwɪ.de.oː], [ˈviː.de.o]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *widēō, itself from the root *weyd- (“to know, see”). The term may derive from a Proto-Indo-European stative *wid-éh₁-yeti (“to see”), However, the LIV considers the term to be a more recent innovation. The perfect form vīdī may reflect a Proto-Indo-European root aorist *wéydt, although it may also continue the root perfect *wóyde.
- conjugation-2to see, perceive; look (at)
“Vidēsne eum venīre?” — Do you see him coming?
“Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.” — You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.
“Quōsve dabās gemitus, cum lītora fervere lātē
prōspicerēs arce ex summā, tōtumque vidērēs” — Or what laments did you utter, [Dido,] when you were gazing from your high citadel at the wide shore aswarm [with activity], and you could see before your eyes the whole sea disturbed by such clamor?
- conjugation-2to observe, note
- conjugation-2to understand, perceive, comprehend
“O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?” — Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!
- conjugation-2to look (at), consider, reflect (upon)
- conjugation-2to look out for, see to, care for, provide, make sure
“tantum nē noceās, dum vīs prōdesse, vidētō” — You be sure only [to] do no harm, as long as you have the power to be helpful
- conjugation-2to be regarded, seem, appear
“Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt” — For as to virtue itself, many want not so much as to be endowed with it as to seem so.
- conjugation-2to seem proper or right
Formaevideō(canonical) · vidēre(infinitive, present) · vīdī(active, perfect) · vīsum(supine) · videō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · vidēs(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · videt(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · vidēmus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · vidētis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · vident(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · vidēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · vidēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · vidēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · vidēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · vidēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · vidēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · vidēbō(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · vidēbis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · vidēbit(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · vidēbimus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)