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voluto

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *volūtum, past participle for volēre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /voˈlu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: vo‧lù‧to
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Adjective

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voluto (feminine voluta, masculine plural voluti, feminine plural volute)

  1. deliberate, intentional
  2. wanted, desired

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Participle

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voluto (feminine voluta, masculine plural voluti, feminine plural volute)

  1. past participle of volere

Latin

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Etymology

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Frequentative formed on volvō +‎ -tō.

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Verb

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volūtō (present infinitive volūtāre, perfect active volūtāvī, supine volūtātum); first conjugation

  1. to roll, turn, twist, or tumble about
  2. to wallow
  3. to ponder, wonder about
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.533:
      Sīc adeō īnsistit, sēcumque ita corde volūtat.
      Thus so [burdened, Dido] continues, and with herself ponders such [anguish] in her heart.

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Descendants

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References

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