revolvo

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back, again”) +‎ volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [reˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈvol.vo/, [reˈvɔlvo]

Verb

revolvō (present infinitive revolvere, perfect active revolvī, supine revolūtum); third conjugation

1. to roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return
2. to turn over, read over, repeat
3. to relate again, repeat; reenact; brood or reflect upon
4. (passive voice) to come or go back, return, recur, relapse

Conjugation

   Conjugation of revolvō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	revolvō		revolvis		revolvit		revolvimus		revolvitis		revolvunt
	imperfect	revolvēbam		revolvēbās		revolvēbat		revolvēbāmus		revolvēbātis		revolvēbant
	future	revolvam		revolvēs		revolvet		revolvēmus		revolvētis		revolvent
	perfect	revolvī		revolvistī		revolvit		revolvimus		revolvistis		revolvērunt, revolvēre
	pluperfect	revolveram		revolverās		revolverat		revolverāmus		revolverātis		revolverant
	future perfect	revolverō		revolveris		revolverit		revolverimus		revolveritis		revolverint
passive	present	revolvor		revolveris, revolvere		revolvitur		revolvimur		revolviminī		revolvuntur
	imperfect	revolvēbar		revolvēbāris, revolvēbāre		revolvēbātur		revolvēbāmur		revolvēbāminī		revolvēbantur
	future	revolvar		revolvēris, revolvēre		revolvētur		revolvēmur		revolvēminī		revolventur
	perfect	revolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	revolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	revolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	revolvam		revolvās		revolvat		revolvāmus		revolvātis		revolvant
	imperfect	revolverem		revolverēs		revolveret		revolverēmus		revolverētis		revolverent
	perfect	revolverim		revolverīs		revolverit		revolverīmus		revolverītis		revolverint
	pluperfect	revolvissem		revolvissēs		revolvisset		revolvissēmus		revolvissētis		revolvissent
passive	present	revolvar		revolvāris, revolvāre		revolvātur		revolvāmur		revolvāminī		revolvantur
	imperfect	revolverer		revolverēris, revolverēre		revolverētur		revolverēmur		revolverēminī		revolverentur
	perfect	revolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	revolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		revolve		—		—		revolvite		—
	future	—		revolvitō		revolvitō		—		revolvitōte		revolvuntō
passive	present	—		revolvere		—		—		revolviminī		—
	future	—		revolvitor		revolvitor		—		—		revolvuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		revolvere			revolvī			revolvēns			—
future		revolūtūrum esse			revolūtum īrī			revolūtūrus			revolvendus
perfect		revolvisse			revolūtum esse			—			revolūtus
future perfect		—			revolūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		revolūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		revolvendī		revolvendō		revolvendum		revolvendō		revolūtum		revolūtū

Derived terms

• revolūbilis
• revolūtiō
• revolūtus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: revoldre
  • → French: revoudre
• Italian: rivolgere
• Old Catalan: revoldre, revolvre
• Old French: revolver
  • → Middle English: revolven
    • English: revolve
• Portuguese: revolver
• Spanish: revolver

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

revolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of revolver