evolvo

Italian

Verb

evolvo

1. 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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. (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

4. (of a thread) to draw out, spin
5. to obtain, raise
6. (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.

7. (figuratively) to disclose, narrate, unroll
8. (of time) to roll away, pass, elapse, unwind

Conjugation

Conjugation of ēvolvō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēvolve	—	—	ēvolvite	—
	future	—	ēvolvitō	ēvolvitō	—	ēvolvitōte	ēvolvuntō
passive	present	—	ēvolvere	—	—	ēvolviminī	—
	future	—	ēvolvitor	ēvolvitor	—	—	ēvolvuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēvolvere	ēvolvisse	ēvolūtūrum esse	ēvolvī	ēvolūtum esse	ēvolūtum īrī
participles		ēvolvēns	—	ēvolūtūrus	—	ēvolūtus	ēvolvendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ēvolvendī	ēvolvendō	ēvolvendum	ēvolvendō	ēvolūtum	ēvolūtū

Derived terms

• ēvolūtiō
• ēvolūtus

Related terms

• advolvō
• circumvolvō
• convolvō
• dēvolvō
• involvō
• obvolvō
• prōvolvō
• revolvō
• subvolvō
• volvō

 

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

1. first-person singular present indicative of evolver