voluto

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *volūtum, past participle for volēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voˈlu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: vo‧lù‧to
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Adjective

voluto (feminine voluta, masculine plural voluti, feminine plural volute)

  1. deliberate, intentional
  2. wanted, desired

Derived terms

Participle

voluto (feminine voluta, masculine plural voluti, feminine plural volute)

  1. past participle of volere

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative formed on volvō +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

Verb

volūtō (present infinitive volūtāre, perfect active volūtāvī, supine volūtātum); first conjugation

  1. to roll, turn, twist, or tumble about
  2. to wallow
  3. to ponder, wonder about
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.533:
      Sīc adeō īnsistit, sēcumque ita corde volūtat.
      Thus so [burdened, Dido] continues, and with herself ponders such [anguish] in her heart.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Portuguese: voltear
    • Spanish: voltear, alborotar
  • Vulgar Latin:
  • Borrowings:
    • Portuguese: volutar

References

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