vi

vi is a Latin form of vis, meaning “force, power, violence; (pl.) strength”. It is the ablative singular feminine noun.

Found 1,298 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.6.3: … et. Allobrogibus sese vel persuasuros, quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur, existimabant vel vi coacturos ut per suos fines eos ire paterentur. Omnibus rebus ad profectionem comparatis diem dicunt, qua die …

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.103: … em primo delectatum esse munere; post, ubi audisset unde essent, statim certos homines in quinqueremi misisse ui eos dentis reponerent. itaque in iis scriptum litteris Punicis fuit regem Masinissam imprudentem accepisse, r …

Ovid, Heroides 17.186: Vi mea rusticitas excutienda fuit.

All forms of vis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.