involvo
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, at, on”) + volvō (“roll”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈwol.woː/, [ɪnˈwɔɫ.woː]
Verb
involvō (present infinitive involvere, perfect active involvī, supine involūtum); third conjugation
- I roll to or upon something.
- I roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve; cover, overwhelm; curl, coil up; veil.
- (figuratively) I involve or devote myself to something.
Inflection
| Conjugation of involvo (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | involvō | involvis | involvit | involvimus | involvitis | involvunt |
| imperfect | involvēbam | involvēbās | involvēbat | involvēbāmus | involvēbātis | involvēbant | |
| future | involvam | involvēs | involvet | involvēmus | involvētis | involvent | |
| perfect | involvī | involvistī | involvit | involvimus | involvistis | involvērunt, involvēre | |
| pluperfect | involveram | involverās | involverat | involverāmus | involverātis | involverant | |
| future perfect | involverō | involveris | involverit | involverimus | involveritis | involverint | |
| passive | present | involvor | involveris, involvere | involvitur | involvimur | involviminī | involvuntur |
| imperfect | involvēbar | involvēbāris, involvēbāre | involvēbātur | involvēbāmur | involvēbāminī | involvēbantur | |
| future | involvar | involvēris, involvēre | involvētur | involvēmur | involvēminī | involventur | |
| perfect | involūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | involūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | involūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | involvam | involvās | involvat | involvāmus | involvātis | involvant |
| imperfect | involverem | involverēs | involveret | involverēmus | involverētis | involverent | |
| perfect | involverim | involverīs | involverit | involverimus | involveritis | involverint | |
| pluperfect | involvissem | involvissēs | involvisset | involvissēmus | involvissētis | involvissent | |
| passive | present | involvar | involvāris, involvāre | involvātur | involvāmur | involvāminī | involvantur |
| imperfect | involverer | involverēris, involverēre | involverētur | involverēmur | involverēminī | involverentur | |
| perfect | involūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | involūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | involve | — | — | involvite | — |
| future | — | involvitō | involvitō | — | involvitōte | involvuntō | |
| passive | present | — | involvere | — | — | involviminī | — |
| future | — | involvitor | involvitor | — | — | involvuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | involvere | involvisse | involūtūrus esse | involvī | involūtus esse | involūtum īrī | |
| participles | involvēns | — | involūtūrus | — | involūtus | involvendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| involvere | involvendī | involvendō | involvendum | involūtum | involūtū | ||
Derived terms
- circuminvolvō
- involūcrum
- involūmen
- involūmentum
- involūtē
- involūtiō
- involūtō
- involūtus
- involvulus
Related terms
- advolvō
- circumvolvō
- convolvō
- dēvolvō
- ēvolvō
- obvolvō
- prōvolvō
- revolvō
- subvolvō
- volvō
Descendants
- Aromanian: nvolbu
- English: involve
- Franco-Provençal: envoudre
- Italian: involgere
- Occitan: envòlver, envòlguer
- Old Catalan: envoldre
- Portuguese: envolver
- Romanian: învoalbe
- Spanish: envolver
References
- involvo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- involvo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- involvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette