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|lshtext=<b>vē-</b>: ([[sometimes]] vae-) [perh. = Sanscr. vi-in-, vi-dha-va; Lat. vidua; [[but]] cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 3809, 135]; an [[inseparable]] [[particle]] denoting [[origin]],<br /><b>I</b> [[out]], [[which]] serves [[either]] to [[negative]] the [[positive]] [[idea]] [[lying]] in the [[simple]] [[word]], or to [[strengthen]] a [[simple]] [[notion]]: [[vegrandis]], [[small]]; [[vecors]], [[senseless]]; [[vepallidus]], [[very]] [[pale]]; ve-stigo, to [[search]] [[out]]; Vejovis, an anti-Jove; cf. Gell. 5, 12, 9 sqq.<br /><b>vĕ</b>: perh. from [[same]] [[root]] [[with]] vel, [[volo]]; [[but]] cf. Sanscr. va, or,<br /><b>I</b> or; leaving the [[choice]] [[free]] [[between]] [[two]] things or [[among]] [[several]] ([[always]] enclitic): [[quid]] tu es [[tristis]]? quidve es alacris? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13: [[telum]] tormentumve, Caes. B. C. 3, 51; 3, 56: lubidines iracundiaeve, Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60: [[albus]] aterve fueris, [[ignorans]], id. Phil. 2, 16, 41: si id facis facturave es, Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 13: ne [[quid]] [[plus]] minusve faxit, id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21: ne [[quid]] [[plus]] minusve, [[quam]] [[sit]] [[necesse]], dicat, Cic. Fl. 5, 12: duabus tribusve horis, id. Phil. 14, 6, 16: [[Appius]] ad me ex itinere bis terve litteras miserat, id. Att. 6, 1, 2: amici regis duo tresve perdivites sunt, id. ib. 6, 1, 3: cum eam (quercum) [[tempestas]] vetustasve consumpserit, id. Leg. 1, 1, 2: [[alter]] ambove, etc., id. ib. 5, 19, 53; v. [[alter]]: [[aliquis]] [[unus]] pluresve, id. Rep. 1, 32, 48: ne cui meae Longinquitas aetatis obstet mortemve exspectet meam, Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 20: eho, Mysis, [[puer]] hic [[unde]] est? quisve huc attulit? id. And. 4, 4, 9: si [[quando]] aut regi justo vim [[populus]] attulit regnove eum spoliavit, aut, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65: decretumque, ut consules sortirentur conpararentve [[inter]] se, [[uter]], etc., Liv. 24, 10, 2: quae civitates habent legibus sanctum, si [[quis]] [[quid]] de re publica a finitimis rumore ac famā acceperit, uti ad magistratum deferat, [[neve]] cum quo [[alio]] communicet, or (sc. it is [[ordered]] by [[law]]) [[that]] he shall not, etc., Caes. B. G. 6, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp. in neg. sentences, or questions implying a negat., = -que: nullum ([[membrum]] rei publicae) reperies perfecti, [[quod]] non fractum debilitatumve [[sit]], Cic Fam. 5, 13, 3; num leges [[nostras]] moresve novit? id. Phil. 5, 5, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Repeated or [[with]] correl. [[part]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ve ... ve, [[either]] ... or ([[poet]].): corpora vertuntur: nec [[quod]] fuimusve sumusve, Cras erimus, Ov. M. 15, 215: nullaque laudetur plusve minusve mihi, id. F. 5, 110; id. M. 11, 493: [[illa]] [[tamen]] se Non habitu mutatve [[loco]], peccatve [[superne]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 64.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ve ... aut, [[either]] ... or ([[very]] [[rare]]): regnave prima [[Remi]] aut animos Carthaginis altae, Prop. 2, 1, 23.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) <b>vē</b> <b>(væ)</b>, particule préfixe, de sens augmentatif ou privatif, d’après Gell. 5, 12, 9 et 16, 5, 5 ; v. [[vecors]], [[vegrandis]], [[vesanus]].
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