evolvo

Italian

Verb

evolvo

first-person singular present indicative of evolvere

Anagrams

volevo

Latin

Etymology

From ē- (“out of”) +‎ volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈvol.vo/, [eˈvɔlvo]

Verb

ēvolvō (present infinitive ēvolvere, perfect active ēvolvī, supine ēvolūtum); third conjugation

to roll forth or out; unroll, unfold
- Minucius Felix, Octavius.
  Dum istaec igitur apud me tacitus evolvo, Caecilius erupit: "Ego Octavio meo plurimum quantum, sed et mihi gratulor nec expecto sententiam."
  As I was turning over these thoughts in silence, Caecilius burst out: “Congratulations ever so many, dear Octavius! and a share for me too! I need not wait for the ruling.
to reject, evict, remove
- Terence, The Eunuch.
  hac re et te omni turba evolves et illi gratum feceris.
  That way you’ll extricate yourself from this whole mess and you’ll be doing her a favour.
(of a book) to unroll and read
- Ausonius, Epistles.
  libelle felix, quem sinu vir tantus evolvet suo nec occupari tempora grato queretur otio
  Ah, happy little book, that such a man will unroll thee on his knee and not complain that thou takest up the hours of his welcome leisure
(of a thread) to draw out, spin
to obtain, raise
(figuratively) to clear up, unroll
- Cicero, Topica.
  Sed ad id totum de quo disseritur tum definitio adhibetur, quae quasi involutum evolvit id de quo quaeritur
  Sometimes a definition is applied to the whole subject which is under consideration; this definition unfolds what is wrapped up.
(figuratively) to disclose, narrate, unroll
(of time) to roll away, pass, elapse, unwind

Conjugation

Conjugation of ēvolvō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ēvolvō	ēvolvis		ēvolvit	ēvolvimus	ēvolvitis		ēvolvunt
	imperfect	ēvolvēbam	ēvolvēbās		ēvolvēbat	ēvolvēbāmus	ēvolvēbātis		ēvolvēbant
	future	ēvolvam	ēvolvēs		ēvolvet	ēvolvēmus	ēvolvētis		ēvolvent
	perfect	ēvolvī	ēvolvistī		ēvolvit	ēvolvimus	ēvolvistis		ēvolvērunt, ēvolvēre
	pluperfect	ēvolveram	ēvolverās		ēvolverat	ēvolverāmus	ēvolverātis		ēvolverant
	future perfect	ēvolverō	ēvolveris		ēvolverit	ēvolverimus	ēvolveritis		ēvolverint
passive	present	ēvolvor	ēvolveris, ēvolvere		ēvolvitur	ēvolvimur	ēvolviminī		ēvolvuntur
	imperfect	ēvolvēbar	ēvolvēbāris, ēvolvēbāre		ēvolvēbātur	ēvolvēbāmur	ēvolvēbāminī		ēvolvēbantur
	future	ēvolvar	ēvolvēris, ēvolvēre		ēvolvētur	ēvolvēmur	ēvolvēminī		ēvolventur
	perfect	ēvolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ēvolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ēvolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ēvolvam	ēvolvās		ēvolvat	ēvolvāmus	ēvolvātis		ēvolvant
	imperfect	ēvolverem	ēvolverēs		ēvolveret	ēvolverēmus	ēvolverētis		ēvolverent
	perfect	ēvolverim	ēvolverīs		ēvolverit	ēvolverīmus	ēvolverītis		ēvolverint
	pluperfect	ēvolvissem	ēvolvissēs		ēvolvisset	ēvolvissēmus	ēvolvissētis		ēvolvissent
passive	present	ēvolvar	ēvolvāris, ēvolvāre		ēvolvātur	ēvolvāmur	ēvolvāminī		ēvolvantur
	imperfect	ēvolverer	ēvolverēris, ēvolverēre		ēvolverētur	ēvolverēmur	ēvolverēminī		ēvolverentur
	perfect	ēvolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ēvolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	ēvolve		—	—	ēvolvite		—
active	future	—	ēvolvitō		ēvolvitō	—	ēvolvitōte		ēvolvuntō
passive	present	—	ēvolvere		—	—	ēvolviminī		—
passive	future	—	ēvolvitor		ēvolvitor	—	—		ēvolvuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ēvolvere		ēvolvī		ēvolvēns		—
future		ēvolūtūrum esse		ēvolūtum īrī		ēvolūtūrus		ēvolvendus
perfect		ēvolvisse		ēvolūtum esse		—		ēvolūtus
future perfect		—		ēvolūtum fore		—		—
perfect potential		ēvolūtūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		ēvolvendī	ēvolvendō		ēvolvendum	ēvolvendō	ēvolūtum		ēvolūtū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

English: evolve
French: évoluer
- → Portuguese: evoluir
Friulian: evolvi
Italian: evolvere
Piedmontese: evòlve
→ Portuguese: evolver
Romanian: evolua
Spanish: evolucionar

References

“evolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“evolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
evolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to study historical records, read history: evolvere historias, litterarum (veterum annalium) monumenta
- to open a book: librum evolvere, volvere

Portuguese

Verb

evolvo

first-person singular present indicative of evolver