involvo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		involvere	involvisse	involūtūrum esse	involvī	involūtum esse	involūtum īrī
participles		involvēns	—	involūtūrus	—	involūtus	involvendus
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: envoudre
• Italian: 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.