converto

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /konˈvɛr.to/
Rhymes: -ɛrto
Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧to

Verb

converto

first-person singular present indicative of convertire

Latin

Alternative forms

convortō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *komwertō. By surface analysis, con- +‎ vertō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈwɛr.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koɱˈvɛr.t̪o]

Verb

convertō (present infinitive convertere, perfect active convertī, supine conversum); third conjugation

(transitive) to turn upside-down; to invert
(transitive) to turn over (soil etc)
(transitive) to turn back or recoil
(intransitive) to direct oneself
(transitive) to rotate
(transitive) to reverse
(transferred) to reverse or to turn as in to convert, change, alter
- 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 670–672:
  DĀVUS: Hāc nōn successit; alia aggrediēmur via. / Nīsī id putās, quia prīmō prōcessit parum, / nōn posse iam ad salūtem convertī hoc malum.
  DAVUS: This didn’t succeed; we’ll try another way. Unless you think that because at first it made so little progress, this bad situation cannot now be turned to a favorable outcome.
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:6
  memorans illum sermonem quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam dies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum (Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive) to translate

Conjugation

Conjugation of convertō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	convertō	convertis		convertit	convertimus	convertitis		convertunt
	imperfect	convertēbam	convertēbās		convertēbat	convertēbāmus	convertēbātis		convertēbant
	future	convertam	convertēs		convertet	convertēmus	convertētis		convertent
	perfect	convertī	convertistī		convertit	convertimus	convertistis		convertērunt, convertēre
	pluperfect	converteram	converterās		converterat	converterāmus	converterātis		converterant
	future perfect	converterō	converteris		converterit	converterimus	converteritis		converterint
passive	present	convertor	converteris, convertere		convertitur	convertimur	convertiminī		convertuntur
	imperfect	convertēbar	convertēbāris, convertēbāre		convertēbātur	convertēbāmur	convertēbāminī		convertēbantur
	future	convertar	convertēris, convertēre		convertētur	convertēmur	convertēminī		convertentur
	perfect	conversus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conversus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conversus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	convertam	convertās		convertat	convertāmus	convertātis		convertant
	imperfect	converterem	converterēs		converteret	converterēmus	converterētis		converterent
	perfect	converterim	converterīs		converterit	converterīmus	converterītis		converterint
	pluperfect	convertissem	convertissēs		convertisset	convertissēmus	convertissētis		convertissent
passive	present	convertar	convertāris, convertāre		convertātur	convertāmur	convertāminī		convertantur
	imperfect	converterer	converterēris, converterēre		converterētur	converterēmur	converterēminī		converterentur
	perfect	conversus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conversus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	converte		—	—	convertite		—
active	future	—	convertitō		convertitō	—	convertitōte		convertuntō
passive	present	—	convertere		—	—	convertiminī		—
passive	future	—	convertitor		convertitor	—	—		convertuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		convertere		convertī		convertēns		—
future		conversūrum esse		conversum īrī		conversūrus		convertendus, convertundus
perfect		convertisse		conversum esse		—		conversus
future perfect		—		conversum fore		—		—
perfect potential		conversūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		convertendī	convertendō		convertendum	convertendō	conversum		conversū

Descendants

Catalan: convertir
Dutch: converteren
French: convertir
- → English: convert
- → German: konvertieren
Galician: converter
Italian: convertire
Occitan: convertir
Piedmontese: convertì
Portuguese: converter
Romanian: converti
Spanish: convertir

References

“converto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“converto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
converto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
- to attract universal attention: omnium animos or mentes in se convertere
- to take one's directions from another; to obey him in everything: se convertere, converti ad alicuius nutum
- to make a joke of a thing: aliquid ad ridiculum convertere
- to translate from Greek into Latin: aliquid e graeco in latinum (sermonem) convertere, vertere, transferre
- to translate Plato: Platonem vertere, convertere
- to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
- to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
- to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
- to deviate, change the direction: iter flectere, convertere, avertere
- to deviate, change the direction: signa convertere (B. G. 1. 25)
converto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication

Portuguese

Verb

converto

first-person singular present indicative of converter