adverto

Latin

Alternative forms

• advortō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *adwertō. Equivalent to ad- +‎ vertō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /adˈu̯er.toː/, [äd̪ˈu̯ɛrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈver.to/, [äd̪ˈvɛrt̪o]

Verb

advertō (present infinitive advertere, perfect active advertī, supine adversum); third conjugation

1. to turn to or towards

   Synonym: vertō

2. to steer or pilot (a ship)
3. (figuratively) to turn the mind to, give attention or draw attention to, attend

   Synonyms: intendō, attendō, animadvertō, adversō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.116:

     “[...] paucīs, adverte, docēbō.”

     “[...] With a few [words] — pay attention — I shall explain.”

Conjugation

   Conjugation of advertō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	advertō		advertis		advertit		advertimus		advertitis		advertunt
	imperfect	advertēbam		advertēbās		advertēbat		advertēbāmus		advertēbātis		advertēbant
	future	advertam		advertēs		advertet		advertēmus		advertētis		advertent
	perfect	advertī		advertistī		advertit		advertimus		advertistis		advertērunt, advertēre
	pluperfect	adverteram		adverterās		adverterat		adverterāmus		adverterātis		adverterant
	future perfect	adverterō		adverteris		adverterit		adverterimus		adverteritis		adverterint
passive	present	advertor		adverteris, advertere		advertitur		advertimur		advertiminī		advertuntur
	imperfect	advertēbar		advertēbāris, advertēbāre		advertēbātur		advertēbāmur		advertēbāminī		advertēbantur
	future	advertar		advertēris, advertēre		advertētur		advertēmur		advertēminī		advertentur
	perfect	adversus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adversus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adversus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	advertam		advertās		advertat		advertāmus		advertātis		advertant
	imperfect	adverterem		adverterēs		adverteret		adverterēmus		adverterētis		adverterent
	perfect	adverterim		adverterīs		adverterit		adverterīmus		adverterītis		adverterint
	pluperfect	advertissem		advertissēs		advertisset		advertissēmus		advertissētis		advertissent
passive	present	advertar		advertāris, advertāre		advertātur		advertāmur		advertāminī		advertantur
	imperfect	adverterer		adverterēris, adverterēre		adverterētur		adverterēmur		adverterēminī		adverterentur
	perfect	adversus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adversus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		adverte		—		—		advertite		—
	future	—		advertitō		advertitō		—		advertitōte		advertuntō
passive	present	—		advertere		—		—		advertiminī		—
	future	—		advertitor		advertitor		—		—		advertuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		advertere			advertī			advertēns			—
future		adversūrum esse			adversum īrī			adversūrus			advertendus, advertundus
perfect		advertisse			adversum esse			—			adversus
future perfect		—			adversum fore			—			—
perfect potential		adversūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		advertendī		advertendō		advertendum		advertendō		adversum		adversū

Derived terms

• animadvertō

Descendants

• Catalan: advertir
• French: avertir
• Galician: advertir
• Italian: avvertire
• Mirandese: adbertir
• Portuguese: advertir
• Sicilian: abbèrtiri
• Spanish: advertir

References

• “adverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “adverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• adverto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object: oculos (aures, animum) advertere ad aliquid