devolvo
See also: devolvò
Italian
Verb
devolvo
- first-person singular present indicative of devolvere
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + volvō (“roll”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈwol.woː/, [deːˈwɔɫ.woː]
Verb
dēvolvō (present infinitive dēvolvere, perfect active dēvolvī, supine dēvolūtum); third conjugation
- I roll or tumble off or down.
- (passive in middle sense) I roll, fall or tumble down, roll myself down, fall headlong; sink down; devolve.
Inflection
| Conjugation of devolvo (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēvolvō | dēvolvis | dēvolvit | dēvolvimus | dēvolvitis | dēvolvunt |
| imperfect | dēvolvēbam | dēvolvēbās | dēvolvēbat | dēvolvēbāmus | dēvolvēbātis | dēvolvēbant | |
| future | dēvolvam | dēvolvēs | dēvolvet | dēvolvēmus | dēvolvētis | dēvolvent | |
| perfect | dēvolvī | dēvolvistī | dēvolvit | dēvolvimus | dēvolvistis | dēvolvērunt, dēvolvēre | |
| pluperfect | dēvolveram | dēvolverās | dēvolverat | dēvolverāmus | dēvolverātis | dēvolverant | |
| future perfect | dēvolverō | dēvolveris | dēvolverit | dēvolverimus | dēvolveritis | dēvolverint | |
| passive | present | dēvolvor | dēvolveris, dēvolvere | dēvolvitur | dēvolvimur | dēvolviminī | dēvolvuntur |
| imperfect | dēvolvēbar | dēvolvēbāris, dēvolvēbāre | dēvolvēbātur | dēvolvēbāmur | dēvolvēbāminī | dēvolvēbantur | |
| future | dēvolvar | dēvolvēris, dēvolvēre | dēvolvētur | dēvolvēmur | dēvolvēminī | dēvolventur | |
| perfect | dēvolūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dēvolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | dēvolūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēvolvam | dēvolvās | dēvolvat | dēvolvāmus | dēvolvātis | dēvolvant |
| imperfect | dēvolverem | dēvolverēs | dēvolveret | dēvolverēmus | dēvolverētis | dēvolverent | |
| perfect | dēvolverim | dēvolverīs | dēvolverit | dēvolverimus | dēvolveritis | dēvolverint | |
| pluperfect | dēvolvissem | dēvolvissēs | dēvolvisset | dēvolvissēmus | dēvolvissētis | dēvolvissent | |
| passive | present | dēvolvar | dēvolvāris, dēvolvāre | dēvolvātur | dēvolvāmur | dēvolvāminī | dēvolvantur |
| imperfect | dēvolverer | dēvolverēris, dēvolverēre | dēvolverētur | dēvolverēmur | dēvolverēminī | dēvolverentur | |
| perfect | dēvolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dēvolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | dēvolve | — | — | dēvolvite | — |
| future | — | dēvolvitō | dēvolvitō | — | dēvolvitōte | dēvolvuntō | |
| passive | present | — | dēvolvere | — | — | dēvolviminī | — |
| future | — | dēvolvitor | dēvolvitor | — | — | dēvolvuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dēvolvere | dēvolvisse | dēvolūtūrus esse | dēvolvī | dēvolūtus esse | dēvolūtum īrī | |
| participles | dēvolvēns | — | dēvolūtūrus | — | dēvolūtus | dēvolvendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dēvolvere | dēvolvendī | dēvolvendō | dēvolvendum | dēvolūtum | dēvolūtū | ||
Derived terms
- dēvolūtiō
Related terms
- advolvō
- circumvolvō
- convolvō
- ēvolvō
- involvō
- obvolvō
- prōvolvō
- revolvō
- subvolvō
- volvō
Descendants
- English: devolve
- Franco-Provençal: dèvoudre
- Italian: devolvere
- Portuguese: devolver
- Spanish: devolver
References
- devolvo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- devolvo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- devolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
devolvo
- first-person singular present indicative of devolver