vorto

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wort (“word”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvorto/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -orto
  • Hyphenation: vor‧to

Noun

vorto (accusative singular vorton, plural vortoj, accusative plural vortojn)

  1. (linguistics) word
    Synonym: termino
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎[1]:
      Por virta orelo ne danĝeras vorto malbela.
      To a virtuous ear, an ugly word holds no danger.
  2. (spoken) promise, word
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎[2]:
      Estu sinjoro de via vorto.
      Be a man of your word.
  3. (computing) word

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Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto vorto, English word, German Wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔr.to/
  • Hyphenation: vor‧to

Noun

vorto (plural vorti)

  1. word

Derived terms

  • pasovorto (“password”)
  • vortala (“verbal”)
  • vortale (“verbally”)
  • vortaro (“collection of words; vocabulary”)
  • vortifar (“to build words”)
  • vortifo (“word building”)
  • vortolibro (“dictionary, wordbook”)
  • vortoludo (“word play, play on words”)
  • vortopa (“verbatim, word for word, literal (translation)”)
  • vortope (“verbatim, word for word, literal (translation)”)

Further reading

  • vort-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *wertō, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    vortō (present infinitive vortere, perfect active vortī, supine vorsum); third conjugation

    1. alternative form of vertō
      • c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 218-220:
        Quoniam tu me et ego te qualis sis scio, quae res recte vortat mihique tibique tuaeque filiae, filiam tuam mi uxorem posco. promitte hoc fore.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of vortō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present vortō vortis vortit vortimus vortitis vortunt
    imperfect vortēbam vortēbās vortēbat vortēbāmus vortēbātis vortēbant
    future vortam vortēs vortet vortēmus vortētis vortent
    perfect vortī vortistī vortit vortimus vortistis vortērunt,
    vortēre
    pluperfect vorteram vorterās vorterat vorterāmus vorterātis vorterant
    future perfect vorterō vorteris vorterit vorterimus vorteritis vorterint
    passive present vortor vorteris,
    vortere     		vortitur vortimur vortiminī vortuntur
    imperfect vortēbar vortēbāris,
    vortēbāre     		vortēbātur vortēbāmur vortēbāminī vortēbantur
    future vortar vortēris,
    vortēre     		vortētur vortēmur vortēminī vortentur
    perfect vorsus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect vorsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect vorsus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present vortam vortās vortat vortāmus vortātis vortant
    imperfect vorterem vorterēs vorteret vorterēmus vorterētis vorterent
    perfect vorterim vorterīs vorterit vorterīmus vorterītis vorterint
    pluperfect vortissem vortissēs vortisset vortissēmus vortissētis vortissent
    passive present vortar vortāris,
    vortāre     		vortātur vortāmur vortāminī vortantur
    imperfect vorterer vorterēris,
    vorterēre     		vorterētur vorterēmur vorterēminī vorterentur
    perfect vorsus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect vorsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — vorte — — vortite —
    future — vortitō vortitō — vortitōte vortuntō
    passive present — vortere — — vortiminī —
    future — vortitor vortitor — — vortuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present vortere vortī vortēns —
    future vorsūrum esse vorsum īrī vorsūrus vortendus,
    vortundus
    perfect vortisse vorsum esse — vorsus
    future perfect — vorsum fore — —
    perfect potential vorsūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    vortendī vortendō vortendum vortendō vorsum vorsū

    References

    • vorto in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 667
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