revolvo

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back, again”) +‎ volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

Verb

revolvō (present infinitive revolvere, perfect active revolvī, supine revolūtum); third conjugation

  1. to roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return
  2. to turn over, read over, repeat
  3. to relate again, repeat; reenact; brood or reflect upon
  4. (passive voice) to come or go back, return, recur, relapse

Conjugation

   Conjugation of revolvō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present revolvō revolvis revolvit revolvimus revolvitis revolvunt
imperfect revolvēbam revolvēbās revolvēbat revolvēbāmus revolvēbātis revolvēbant
future revolvam revolvēs revolvet revolvēmus revolvētis revolvent
perfect revolvī revolvistī revolvit revolvimus revolvistis revolvērunt,
revolvēre
pluperfect revolveram revolverās revolverat revolverāmus revolverātis revolverant
future perfect revolverō revolveris revolverit revolverimus revolveritis revolverint
passive present revolvor revolveris,
revolvere 		revolvitur revolvimur revolviminī revolvuntur
imperfect revolvēbar revolvēbāris,
revolvēbāre 		revolvēbātur revolvēbāmur revolvēbāminī revolvēbantur
future revolvar revolvēris,
revolvēre 		revolvētur revolvēmur revolvēminī revolventur
perfect revolūtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect revolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect revolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present revolvam revolvās revolvat revolvāmus revolvātis revolvant
imperfect revolverem revolverēs revolveret revolverēmus revolverētis revolverent
perfect revolverim revolverīs revolverit revolverīmus revolverītis revolverint
pluperfect revolvissem revolvissēs revolvisset revolvissēmus revolvissētis revolvissent
passive present revolvar revolvāris,
revolvāre 		revolvātur revolvāmur revolvāminī revolvantur
imperfect revolverer revolverēris,
revolverēre 		revolverētur revolverēmur revolverēminī revolverentur
perfect revolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect revolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — revolve — — revolvite —
future — revolvitō revolvitō — revolvitōte revolvuntō
passive present — revolvere — — revolviminī —
future — revolvitor revolvitor — — revolvuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present revolvere revolvī revolvēns —
future revolūtūrum esse revolūtum īrī revolūtūrus revolvendus
perfect revolvisse revolūtum esse — revolūtus
future perfect — revolūtum fore — —
perfect potential revolūtūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
revolvendī revolvendō revolvendum revolvendō revolūtum revolūtū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Franco-Provençal: revoldre
    • → French: revoudre
  • Italian: rivolgere
  • Old Catalan: revoldre, revolvre
  • Old French: revolver
    • → Middle English: revolven
  • Portuguese: revolver
  • Spanish: revolver

References

  • “revolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “revolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • revolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

revolvo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of revolver
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