Meaning of vīs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. force, power, strength, vigor, faculty, potency
   declension-3
2. strength, might (physical)
   declension-3, in-plural
3. violence, assault
   declension-3
4. meaning, significance, nature, essence and value of a word
   declension-3, figuratively
5. assault, affront
   declension-3, figuratively
6. quantity, flood
   declension-3, figuratively
7. energy, force
   New-Latin, declension-3

Equivalents

Examples

“Sit vīs tēcum.”

May the Force be with you.

“Ō et erat longē mea quidem sententia, / quī imperium crēdat gravius esse et stabilius / vī quod fit quam illud quod amīcitia adiungitur.”

Oh and it’s really going too far, in my opinion, when anyone believes a command which is made by force to be more weighty and durable than that which is joined with affection.

“omnibus vīribus”

with all his strength; with all her might; with all their force

“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”

appeal to violence and fighting

CEFR level