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volvere

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See also: volveré

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin volvere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vòlvere (first-person singular present vòlvo, first-person singular past historic vòlsi, no past participle)

  1. (transitive, archaic or poetic) Alternative form of volgere
    • 13361374, Francesco Petrarca, “CCCXXV — Tacer non posso, et temo non adopre”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 55–58; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      Ch'i' son d'altro poder che tu non credi; ¶ E so far lieti e tristi in un momento, ¶ Più leggiera che 'l vento; ¶ E reggo e volvo quanto al mondo vedi.
      For I have greater powers than you know: and create joy or sadness in a moment, more swiftly than the wind, and rule and turn what you see in the world.

Usage notes

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  • The past participle voluto is disused; hence this verb has no compound tenses.

Conjugation

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Including lesser-used forms:

Further reading

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  • volvere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Verb

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volvēre

  1. inflection of volvō:
    1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
    2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

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volvere

  1. inflection of volvō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative