devolvo
See also: devolvò
Italian
Verb
devolvo
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [d̪eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈvol.vo/, [d̪eˈvɔlvo]
Verb
dēvolvō (present infinitive dēvolvere, perfect active dēvolvī, supine dēvolūtum); third conjugation
- I roll or tumble off or down.
- (passive in middle sense) I roll, fall or tumble down, roll myself down, fall headlong; sink down; devolve.
Conjugation
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Related terms
Descendants
- English: devolve
- Franco-Provençal: dèvoudre
- Italian: devolvere
- Portuguese: devolver
- Spanish: devolver
References
- “devolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “devolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- devolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
devolvo