volvo
See also: Volvo
Galician
Verb
volvo
- first-person singular present indicative of volver
Italian
Verb
volvo
- first-person singular present indicative of volvere
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wolwō, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐλύω (elúō, “to roll around”), εἰλύω (eilúō, “to enfold”), εἴλω (eílō, “to roll up, pack close”), ἑλίσσω (helíssō, “to turn round, to roll”), ἕλιξ (hélix), Albanian valle (“circle dance”), Old Armenian գելում (gelum), Old English wielwan, wealwian (“to roll”). Confer Latin vulgus. More at wallow.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvol.vo/, [ˈvɔlvo]
Verb
volvō (present infinitive volvere, perfect active volvī, supine volūtum); third conjugation
- I roll, tumble.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of volvō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | volvō | volvis | volvit | volvimus | volvitis | volvunt |
| imperfect | volvēbam | volvēbās | volvēbat | volvēbāmus | volvēbātis | volvēbant | |
| future | volvam | volvēs | volvet | volvēmus | volvētis | volvent | |
| perfect | volvī | volvistī | volvit | volvimus | volvistis | volvērunt, volvēre | |
| pluperfect | volveram | volverās | volverat | volverāmus | volverātis | volverant | |
| future perfect | volverō | volveris | volverit | volverimus | volveritis | volverint | |
| passive | present | volvor | volveris, volvere | volvitur | volvimur | volviminī | volvuntur |
| imperfect | volvēbar | volvēbāris, volvēbāre | volvēbātur | volvēbāmur | volvēbāminī | volvēbantur | |
| future | volvar | volvēris, volvēre | volvētur | volvēmur | volvēminī | volventur | |
| perfect | volūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | volūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | volūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | volvam | volvās | volvat | volvāmus | volvātis | volvant |
| imperfect | volverem | volverēs | volveret | volverēmus | volverētis | volverent | |
| perfect | volverim | volverīs | volverit | volverīmus | volverītis | volverint | |
| pluperfect | volvissem | volvissēs | volvisset | volvissēmus | volvissētis | volvissent | |
| passive | present | volvar | volvāris, volvāre | volvātur | volvāmur | volvāminī | volvantur |
| imperfect | volverer | volverēris, volverēre | volverētur | volverēmur | volverēminī | volverentur | |
| perfect | volūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | volūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | volve | — | — | volvite | — |
| future | — | volvitō | volvitō | — | volvitōte | volvuntō | |
| passive | present | — | volvere | — | — | volviminī | — |
| future | — | volvitor | volvitor | — | — | volvuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | volvere | volvisse | volūtūrum esse | volvī | volūtum esse | volūtum īrī | |
| participles | volvēns | — | volūtūrus | — | volūtus | volvendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| volvendī | volvendō | volvendum | volvendō | volūtum | volūtū | ||
Derived terms
- advolvō
- circumvolvō
- convolvō
- dēvolvō
- ēvolvō
- involvō
- obvolvō
- prōvolvō
- revolvō
- subvolvō
- volūbilis
- volūcra
- volūmen
- Volūtīna
- volūtō
- volūtus
Descendants
- Aromanian: volbu
- Catalan: vogir
- → Spanish: bojear, bojar
- Old French: voldre, voudre
- French: voudre, vouder (dialectal, Normandy)
- Galician: volver
- Italian: volgere
- Old Catalan: voldre
- Portuguese: volver
- Romanian: holba
- Spanish: volver
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *volvicō
- Catalan: bolcar
- ⇒ Galician: envorcar
- Romanian: bulbuca
- Spanish: volcar
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *volutulō
- Old French:
- French: vautrer
- Old French:
References
- “volvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “volvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- volvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to open a book: librum evolvere, volvere
- to open a book: librum evolvere, volvere
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Portuguese
Verb
volvo
- first-person singular present indicative of volver