revolvo
Latin
Etymology
From re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈwol.woː/, [rɛˈwɔɫ.woː]
Verb
revolvō (present infinitive revolvere, perfect active revolvī, supine revolūtum); third conjugation
- I roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return.
- I turn over, read over, repeat.
- I relate again, repeat; reenact; brood or reflect upon.
- (passive) I come or go back, return, recur, relapse.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of revolvō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | revolvō | revolvis | revolvit | revolvimus | revolvitis | revolvunt |
| imperfect | revolvēbam | revolvēbās | revolvēbat | revolvēbāmus | revolvēbātis | revolvēbant | |
| future | revolvam | revolvēs | revolvet | revolvēmus | revolvētis | revolvent | |
| perfect | revolvī | revolvistī | revolvit | revolvimus | revolvistis | revolvērunt, revolvēre | |
| pluperfect | revolveram | revolverās | revolverat | revolverāmus | revolverātis | revolverant | |
| future perfect | revolverō | revolveris | revolverit | revolverimus | revolveritis | revolverint | |
| passive | present | revolvor | revolveris, revolvere | revolvitur | revolvimur | revolviminī | revolvuntur |
| imperfect | revolvēbar | revolvēbāris, revolvēbāre | revolvēbātur | revolvēbāmur | revolvēbāminī | revolvēbantur | |
| future | revolvar | revolvēris, revolvēre | revolvētur | revolvēmur | revolvēminī | revolventur | |
| perfect | revolūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | revolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | revolūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | revolvam | revolvās | revolvat | revolvāmus | revolvātis | revolvant |
| imperfect | revolverem | revolverēs | revolveret | revolverēmus | revolverētis | revolverent | |
| perfect | revolverim | revolverīs | revolverit | revolverīmus | revolverītis | revolverint | |
| pluperfect | revolvissem | revolvissēs | revolvisset | revolvissēmus | revolvissētis | revolvissent | |
| passive | present | revolvar | revolvāris, revolvāre | revolvātur | revolvāmur | revolvāminī | revolvantur |
| imperfect | revolverer | revolverēris, revolverēre | revolverētur | revolverēmur | revolverēminī | revolverentur | |
| perfect | revolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | revolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | revolve | — | — | revolvite | — |
| future | — | revolvitō | revolvitō | — | revolvitōte | revolvuntō | |
| passive | present | — | revolvere | — | — | revolviminī | — |
| future | — | revolvitor | revolvitor | — | — | revolvuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | revolvere | revolvisse | revolūtūrus esse | revolvī | revolūtus esse | revolūtum īrī | |
| participles | revolvēns | — | revolūtūrus | — | revolūtus | revolvendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| revolvendī | revolvendō | revolvendum | revolvendō | revolūtum | revolūtū | ||
Derived terms
- revolūbilis
- revolūtiō
- revolūtus
Related terms
- advolvō
- circumvolvō
- convolvō
- dēvolvō
- ēvolvō
- involvō
- obvolvō
- prōvolvō
- subvolvō
- volvō
Descendants
- English: revolute, revolve
- Franco-Provençal: revoudre
- Italian: rivolgere
- Old Catalan: revoldre, revolvre
- Portuguese: revolver
- Spanish: revolver
References
- revolvo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- revolvo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- revolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette