everto

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ vertō (“turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈu̯er.toː/, [eːˈu̯ɛrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈver.to/, [eˈvɛrt̪o]

Verb

ēvertō (present infinitive ēvertere, perfect active ēvertī, supine ēversum); third conjugation

1. to turn upside down, overturn, reverse
2. (rare) to upset, disturb, agitate, roil

   Synonyms: turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, agitō, angō, disturbō, peragō, fatīgō, irrītō, percieō, concieō, cieō, īnfestō, stimulō, occīdō, concitō, agō, moveō, versō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

3. to throw down, cause to fall
4. to destroy, ruin, subvert
   1. (by extension, of political structures and institutions) to overthrow, overturn, upset

   Synonyms: prōflīgō, impellō, subvertō, pervertō, sternō, prōsternō, dēturbō, afflīgō, fundō, versō, vertō, dissipō

5. to drive out, expel

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ēvertō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ēvertō		ēvertis		ēvertit		ēvertimus		ēvertitis		ēvertunt
	imperfect	ēvertēbam		ēvertēbās		ēvertēbat		ēvertēbāmus		ēvertēbātis		ēvertēbant
	future	ēvertam		ēvertēs		ēvertet		ēvertēmus		ēvertētis		ēvertent
	perfect	ēvertī		ēvertistī		ēvertit		ēvertimus		ēvertistis		ēvertērunt, ēvertēre
	pluperfect	ēverteram		ēverterās		ēverterat		ēverterāmus		ēverterātis		ēverterant
	future perfect	ēverterō		ēverteris		ēverterit		ēverterimus		ēverteritis		ēverterint
passive	present	ēvertor		ēverteris, ēvertere		ēvertitur		ēvertimur		ēvertiminī		ēvertuntur
	imperfect	ēvertēbar		ēvertēbāris, ēvertēbāre		ēvertēbātur		ēvertēbāmur		ēvertēbāminī		ēvertēbantur
	future	ēvertar		ēvertēris, ēvertēre		ēvertētur		ēvertēmur		ēvertēminī		ēvertentur
	perfect	ēversus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ēversus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ēversus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ēvertam		ēvertās		ēvertat		ēvertāmus		ēvertātis		ēvertant
	imperfect	ēverterem		ēverterēs		ēverteret		ēverterēmus		ēverterētis		ēverterent
	perfect	ēverterim		ēverterīs		ēverterit		ēverterīmus		ēverterītis		ēverterint
	pluperfect	ēvertissem		ēvertissēs		ēvertisset		ēvertissēmus		ēvertissētis		ēvertissent
passive	present	ēvertar		ēvertāris, ēvertāre		ēvertātur		ēvertāmur		ēvertāminī		ēvertantur
	imperfect	ēverterer		ēverterēris, ēverterēre		ēverterētur		ēverterēmur		ēverterēminī		ēverterentur
	perfect	ēversus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ēversus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ēverte		—		—		ēvertite		—
	future	—		ēvertitō		ēvertitō		—		ēvertitōte		ēvertuntō
passive	present	—		ēvertere		—		—		ēvertiminī		—
	future	—		ēvertitor		ēvertitor		—		—		ēvertuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ēvertere			ēvertī			ēvertēns			—
future		ēversūrum esse			ēversum īrī			ēversūrus			ēvertendus, ēvertundus
perfect		ēvertisse			ēversum esse			—			ēversus
future perfect		—			ēversum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ēversūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ēvertendī		ēvertendō		ēvertendum		ēvertendō		ēversum		ēversū

Derived terms

• ēversiō
• ēversor
• ēversus

Descendants

• English: evert
• Portuguese: everter

References

• “everto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “everto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• everto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to upset the whole system: totam rationem evertere (pass. iacet tota ratio)
    
  • to drive a person out of house and home: evertere aliquem bonis, fortunis patriis
    
  • to completely overthrow the government, the state: rem publicam funditus evertere
    
  • to completely destroy a town: oppidum evertere, excīdere
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.