vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. vahāmi, conduct; Gr. ὄχος, carriage; ὄχλος, crowd; Germ. Wagen; Engl. wagon; cf. Lat. via, vexo].
I Act. , to bear , carry , convey , on the shoulders, by wagon, by horse, by ship, etc. (syn.: fero, gero, porto): quicquid inponas, vehunt, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 95: ille'st oneratus recte et plus justo vehit, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 115: siquidem'st decorum erum vehere servom, id. As. 3, 3, 111: reticulum panis onusto umero, Hor. S. 1, 1, 48: formica ore cibum, Ov. A. A. 1, 94: ille taurus, qui vexit Europam, Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 78: uxorem plaustro, Tib. 1, 10, 52; cf.: Tantalides ... Pisaeam Phrygiis equis, Ov. Tr. 2, 386: cum triumphantem (Camillum) albi per urbem vexerant equi, Liv. 5, 28, 1; cf.: te, Bacche pater, tuae Vexere tigres, Hor. C. 3, 3, 14: Troica qui profugis sacra vehis ratibus, Tib. 2, 5, 40: dum caelum stellas, dum vehet amnis aquas, id. 1, 4, 66: quodque suo Tagus amne vehit aurum, Ov. M. 2, 251: quod fugiens semel hora vexit, has brought along , has brought , Hor. C. 3, 29, 48.— Absol. : navim prospexi, quanti veheret interrogavi, Quint. 4, 2, 41. — Pass. , to be carried or borne , to ride , sail , go , etc.: mihi aequom'st dari ... vehicla qui vehar, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 28: visus est in somnis curru quadrigarum vehi, Cic. Div. 2, 70, 144: vehi in essedo, id. Phil. 2, 24, 58: vectus curru, Vell. 2, 82, 4; Ov. M. 5, 360: vehi per urbem, Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in navibus vehi, id. N. D. 3, 37, 89: in navi, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73: navi, id. Am. 2, 2, 220: lintribus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 156 Müll.: puppe, Ov. H. 16, 113: parvā rate, id. M. 1, 319; cf. huc, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 176: navem, ubi vectus fui, id. Mil. 2, 1, 40; id. Merc. 2, 3, 37; id. Stich. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 4, 3, 81: in equo, Cic. Div. 2, 68, 140: in niveis victor equis, Ov. F. 6, 724: nympha vehitur pisce, id. M. 2, 13.—Of other swift motions: ut animal sex motibus veheretur, Cic. Univ. 13: apes liquidum trans aethera vectae, Verg. A. 7, 65.—With acc.: ventis maria omnia vecti, Verg. A. 1, 524.—
II Neutr. , to be borne , to ride , sail , etc., upon any thing (rare, and perh. only in the part. pres. and in the gerund): consuli proconsul obviam in equo vehens venit, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 2, 2, 13: per medias laudes quasi quadrigis vehens, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: partim scripserunt, qui ovarent, introire solitos equo vehentes, Gell. 5, 6, 27; Just. 11, 7, 13: cui lectica per urbem vehendi jus tribuit, Suet. Claud. 28.