converto

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /konˈvɛr.to/
Rhymes: -ɛrto
Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧to

Verb

converto

first-person singular present indicative of convertire

Latin

Alternative forms

convortō

Etymology

From con- +‎ vertō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈu̯er.toː/, [kɔnˈu̯ɛrt̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈver.to/, [koɱˈvɛrt̪o]

Verb

convertō (present infinitive convertere, perfect active convertī, supine conversum); third conjugation

(transitive) to turn upside-down; to invert
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:6
  memorans illum sermonem quem dixit Dominus per Amos prophetam dies festi vestri convertentur in lamentationem et luctum (Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive) to turn over (soil etc)
(transitive) to turn back or recoil
(intransitive) to direct oneself
(transitive) to rotate
(transitive) to reverse
(intransitive) to convert
(transitive) to translate

Conjugation

Conjugation of convertō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	convertō	convertis	convertit	convertimus	convertitis	convertunt
	imperfect	convertēbam	convertēbās	convertēbat	convertēbāmus	convertēbātis	convertēbant
	future	convertam	convertēs	convertet	convertēmus	convertētis	convertent
	perfect	convertī	convertistī	convertit	convertimus	convertistis	convertērunt, convertēre
	pluperfect	converteram	converterās	converterat	converterāmus	converterātis	converterant
	future perfect	converterō	converteris	converterit	converterimus	converteritis	converterint
passive	present	convertor	converteris, convertere	convertitur	convertimur	convertiminī	convertuntur
	imperfect	convertēbar	convertēbāris, convertēbāre	convertēbātur	convertēbāmur	convertēbāminī	convertēbantur
	future	convertar	convertēris, convertēre	convertētur	convertēmur	convertēminī	convertentur
	perfect	conversus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conversus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conversus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	convertam	convertās	convertat	convertāmus	convertātis	convertant
	imperfect	converterem	converterēs	converteret	converterēmus	converterētis	converterent
	perfect	converterim	converterīs	converterit	converterīmus	converterītis	converterint
	pluperfect	convertissem	convertissēs	convertisset	convertissēmus	convertissētis	convertissent
passive	present	convertar	convertāris, convertāre	convertātur	convertāmur	convertāminī	convertantur
	imperfect	converterer	converterēris, converterēre	converterētur	converterēmur	converterēminī	converterentur
	perfect	conversus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conversus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	converte	—	—	convertite	—
active	future	—	convertitō	convertitō	—	convertitōte	convertuntō
passive	present	—	convertere	—	—	convertiminī	—
passive	future	—	convertitor	convertitor	—	—	convertuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		convertere	convertisse	conversūrum esse	convertī	conversum esse	conversum īrī
participles		convertēns	—	conversūrus	—	conversus	convertendus, convertundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		convertendī	convertendō	convertendum	convertendō	conversum	conversū

Descendants

Catalan: convertir
Dutch: converteren
French: convertir
- → English: convert
- → German: konvertieren
Galician: converter
Italian: convertire
Occitan: convertir
Piedmontese: convertì
Portuguese: converter
Romanian: converti
Spanish: convertir

References

“converto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“converto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
converto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
- to attract universal attention: omnium animos or mentes in se convertere
- to take one's directions from another; to obey him in everything: se convertere, converti ad alicuius nutum
- to make a joke of a thing: aliquid ad ridiculum convertere
- to translate from Greek into Latin: aliquid e graeco in latinum (sermonem) convertere, vertere, transferre
- to translate Plato: Platonem vertere, convertere
- to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
- to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
- to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
- to deviate, change the direction: iter flectere, convertere, avertere
- to deviate, change the direction: signa convertere (B. G. 1. 25)
converto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication

Portuguese

Verb

converto

first-person singular present indicative of converter