involvo

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in, at, on”) +‎ volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [ɪnˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈvol.vo/, [iɱˈvɔlvo]

Verb

involvō (present infinitive involvere, perfect active involvī, supine involūtum); third conjugation

1. to roll to or upon something
2. to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve; cover, overwhelm; curl, coil up; veil
3. (figuratively) to involve or devote oneself to something

Conjugation

   Conjugation of involvō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	involvō		involvis		involvit		involvimus		involvitis		involvunt
	imperfect	involvēbam		involvēbās		involvēbat		involvēbāmus		involvēbātis		involvēbant
	future	involvam		involvēs		involvet		involvēmus		involvētis		involvent
	perfect	involvī		involvistī		involvit		involvimus		involvistis		involvērunt, involvēre
	pluperfect	involveram		involverās		involverat		involverāmus		involverātis		involverant
	future perfect	involverō		involveris		involverit		involverimus		involveritis		involverint
passive	present	involvor		involveris, involvere		involvitur		involvimur		involviminī		involvuntur
	imperfect	involvēbar		involvēbāris, involvēbāre		involvēbātur		involvēbāmur		involvēbāminī		involvēbantur
	future	involvar		involvēris, involvēre		involvētur		involvēmur		involvēminī		involventur
	perfect	involūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	involūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	involūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	involvam		involvās		involvat		involvāmus		involvātis		involvant
	imperfect	involverem		involverēs		involveret		involverēmus		involverētis		involverent
	perfect	involverim		involverīs		involverit		involverīmus		involverītis		involverint
	pluperfect	involvissem		involvissēs		involvisset		involvissēmus		involvissētis		involvissent
passive	present	involvar		involvāris, involvāre		involvātur		involvāmur		involvāminī		involvantur
	imperfect	involverer		involverēris, involverēre		involverētur		involverēmur		involverēminī		involverentur
	perfect	involūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	involūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		involve		—		—		involvite		—
	future	—		involvitō		involvitō		—		involvitōte		involvuntō
passive	present	—		involvere		—		—		involviminī		—
	future	—		involvitor		involvitor		—		—		involvuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		involvere			involvī			involvēns			—
future		involūtūrum esse			involūtum īrī			involūtūrus			involvendus
perfect		involvisse			involūtum esse			—			involūtus
future perfect		—			involūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		involūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		involvendī		involvendō		involvendum		involvendō		involūtum		involūtū

Derived terms

• circuminvolvō
• involūcrum
• involūmen
• involūmentum
• involūtē
• involūtiō
• involūtō
• involūtus
• involvulus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Aromanian: nvolbu
• English: involve
• Franco-Provençal: envoldre
  • → French: envoudre
• Italian: involvere, involgere
• Occitan: envòlver, envòlguer
• Old Catalan: envoldre
• Portuguese: envolver
• Romanian: învoalbe
• Spanish: envolver

References

• “involvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “involvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• involvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.