Meaning of volo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to wish, to please
   suppletive
2. to fly
   conjugation-1, impersonal
3. to want
   suppletive
4. to mean, to intend
   suppletive
5. to be willing, to consent
   suppletive
6. to be going to, to intend, to be about to, to be on the point of
   suppletive

Equivalents

Examples

“Tibi bene ex animō volō.”

I wish you well with all my heart.

“Hanc rem pūblicam salvam esse volumus.”

We wish this republic to be safe.

“Quid vīs?”

What do you want?

“Nunc, (ego) edere volō.”

Now, I want to eat.

“Dō tibi operam, Aristophontēs, sī quid est quod mē velīs.”

I’m at your service, Aristophontes, if there’s anything you want of me.

“Caesar, quod neque conloquium interposita causa tolli volebat neque salutem suam Gallorum equitatui committere audebat, commodissimum esse statuit omnibus equis Gallis equitibus detractis eo legionarios milites legionis X., cui quam maxime confidebat, imponere, ut praesidium quam amicissimum, si quid opus facto esset, haberet.”

Caesar, as he didn't want either the interview to be for any reason set aside or confide his wellbeing in the hands of the Gallic cavalry, said he saw as most fit the Gallic horsemen be stripped off their steeds and in their place mount legionaries of the 10th legion, in which he had the utmost faith, that he might have as trusted a body-guard as one could have if the occasion ever urged its use.

“Et dixit ad socerum, "Quid est quod facere voluisti?”

And he said to his father-in-law: "What is it that thou didst mean to do?"

“Quibus ad se accersitis rex ait: "Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis ut pueros servaretis?"”

And the king called for them, and said: "What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?"

“Verba volant, scrīpta manent.”

Words fly, writings remain.

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