vallo

See also: Vallo and valló

Galician

Verb

vallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of valer

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈval.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: vàl‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vallum.

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) the wooden fence built at the top of a rampart
2. (historical, Ancient Rome, loosely) rampart, bulwark
3. (literary) fortification

   Synonym: fortificazione

4. (poetic, figurative) bastion, defense

   Synonyms: baluardo, bastione, trincea

Related terms

• vallare

Etymology 2

Gender shift from valle, from Latin vallem.

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

1. Alternative form of valle (“valley”)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin vallus, diminutive of vannus (“winnowing basket”).

Noun

vallo m (plural valli)

1. (dialectal) sieve

   Synonyms: crivello, setaccio

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vallo

1. compound of val, the second-person singular (tu) imperative form of andare, with lo

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of vallare

Further reading

• vallo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• vallo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• vallo³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From the noun vallum (“fence, rampart”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯al.loː/, [ˈu̯älːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈval.lo/, [ˈvälːo]

Verb

vallō (present infinitive vallāre, perfect active vallāvī, supine vallātum); first conjugation

1. to surround, wall or fortify with a rampart or palisade

Usage notes

• The nature of the root vowel (i.e. whether it is văllō or vāllō) is not properly known. Most dictionaries that specify vowel length in closed syllables, especially those published in the 21st century, do not mark it as long.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vallō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vallō	vallās	vallat	vallāmus	vallātis	vallant
	imperfect	vallābam	vallābās	vallābat	vallābāmus	vallābātis	vallābant
	future	vallābō	vallābis	vallābit	vallābimus	vallābitis	vallābunt
	perfect	vallāvī	vallāvistī	vallāvit	vallāvimus	vallāvistis	vallāvērunt, vallāvēre
	pluperfect	vallāveram	vallāverās	vallāverat	vallāverāmus	vallāverātis	vallāverant
	future perfect	vallāverō	vallāveris	vallāverit	vallāverimus	vallāveritis	vallāverint
passive	present	vallor	vallāris, vallāre	vallātur	vallāmur	vallāminī	vallantur
	imperfect	vallābar	vallābāris, vallābāre	vallābātur	vallābāmur	vallābāminī	vallābantur
	future	vallābor	vallāberis, vallābere	vallābitur	vallābimur	vallābiminī	vallābuntur
	perfect	vallātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vallātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vallātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vallem	vallēs	vallet	vallēmus	vallētis	vallent
	imperfect	vallārem	vallārēs	vallāret	vallārēmus	vallārētis	vallārent
	perfect	vallāverim	vallāverīs	vallāverit	vallāverīmus	vallāverītis	vallāverint
	pluperfect	vallāvissem	vallāvissēs	vallāvisset	vallāvissēmus	vallāvissētis	vallāvissent
passive	present	valler	vallēris, vallēre	vallētur	vallēmur	vallēminī	vallentur
	imperfect	vallārer	vallārēris, vallārēre	vallārētur	vallārēmur	vallārēminī	vallārentur
	perfect	vallātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vallātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vallā	—	—	vallāte	—
	future	—	vallātō	vallātō	—	vallātōte	vallantō
passive	present	—	vallāre	—	—	vallāminī	—
	future	—	vallātor	vallātor	—	—	vallantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vallāre	vallāvisse	vallātūrum esse	vallārī	vallātum esse	vallātum īrī
participles		vallāns	—	vallātūrus	—	vallātus	vallandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vallandī	vallandō	vallandum	vallandō	vallātum	vallātū

Descendants

• Italian: vallare
• Spanish: vallar
• Galician: valar

Noun

vallō

1. dative/ablative singular of vallum

References

• “vallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vallo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vallo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep watch on the rampart: custodias agere in vallo
    
  • (ambiguous) to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
    

Spanish

Verb

vallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of vallar