transverto
Latin
Etymology
From trāns- (“over, across”) + vertō (“to turn or turn around”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trãːsˈwɛr.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪ranzˈvɛr.t̪o]
Verb
trānsvertō (present infinitive trānsvertere, perfect active trānsvertī, supine trānsversum); third conjugation
- (post-classical, literal) to turn or direct across or athwart; to turn over
- (transferred sense) to turn away or avert
Conjugation
Conjugation of trānsvertō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
- trānsversim (adverb)
- trānsversus (participle)
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: transvert
References
- “transverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- transverto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.