evolvo

Italian

Verb

evolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of evolvere

Anagrams

• volevo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ē-

Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.

Proto-Italic *wolwō

Latin volvō

Latin ēvolvō

From ē- (“out of”) + volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eːˈwɔɫ.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈvɔl.vo]

Verb

ēvolvō (present infinitive ēvolvere, perfect active ēvolvī, supine ēvolūtum); third conjugation

1. to roll forth or out; unroll, unfold
   • Minucius Felix, Octavius.

     Dum istaec igitur apud me tacitus evolvo, Caecilius erupit: "Ego Octavio meo plurimum quantum, sed et mihi gratulor nec expecto sententiam."

     As I was turning over these thoughts in silence, Caecilius burst out: “Congratulations ever so many, dear Octavius! and a share for me too! I need not wait for the ruling.

2. to reject, evict, remove
   • Terence, The Eunuch.

     hac re et te omni turba evolves et illi gratum feceris.

     That way you’ll extricate yourself from this whole mess and you’ll be doing her a favour.

3. (of a book) to unroll and read
   • Ausonius, Epistles.

     libelle felix, quem sinu vir tantus evolvet suo nec occupari tempora grato queretur otio

     Ah, happy little book, that such a man will unroll thee on his knee and not complain that thou takest up the hours of his welcome leisure

4. (of a thread) to draw out, spin
5. to obtain, raise
6. (figuratively) to clear up, unroll
   • Cicero, Topica.

     Sed ad id totum de quo disseritur tum definitio adhibetur, quae quasi involutum evolvit id de quo quaeritur

     Sometimes a definition is applied to the whole subject which is under consideration; this definition unfolds what is wrapped up.

7. (figuratively) to disclose, narrate, unroll
8. (of time) to roll away, pass, elapse, unwind

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ēvolvō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ēvolvō		ēvolvis		ēvolvit		ēvolvimus		ēvolvitis		ēvolvunt
	imperfect	ēvolvēbam		ēvolvēbās		ēvolvēbat		ēvolvēbāmus		ēvolvēbātis		ēvolvēbant
	future	ēvolvam		ēvolvēs		ēvolvet		ēvolvēmus		ēvolvētis		ēvolvent
	perfect	ēvolvī		ēvolvistī		ēvolvit		ēvolvimus		ēvolvistis		ēvolvērunt, ēvolvēre
	pluperfect	ēvolveram		ēvolverās		ēvolverat		ēvolverāmus		ēvolverātis		ēvolverant
	future perfect	ēvolverō		ēvolveris		ēvolverit		ēvolverimus		ēvolveritis		ēvolverint
passive	present	ēvolvor		ēvolveris, ēvolvere		ēvolvitur		ēvolvimur		ēvolviminī		ēvolvuntur
	imperfect	ēvolvēbar		ēvolvēbāris, ēvolvēbāre		ēvolvēbātur		ēvolvēbāmur		ēvolvēbāminī		ēvolvēbantur
	future	ēvolvar		ēvolvēris, ēvolvēre		ēvolvētur		ēvolvēmur		ēvolvēminī		ēvolventur
	perfect	ēvolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ēvolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ēvolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ēvolvam		ēvolvās		ēvolvat		ēvolvāmus		ēvolvātis		ēvolvant
	imperfect	ēvolverem		ēvolverēs		ēvolveret		ēvolverēmus		ēvolverētis		ēvolverent
	perfect	ēvolverim		ēvolverīs		ēvolverit		ēvolverīmus		ēvolverītis		ēvolverint
	pluperfect	ēvolvissem		ēvolvissēs		ēvolvisset		ēvolvissēmus		ēvolvissētis		ēvolvissent
passive	present	ēvolvar		ēvolvāris, ēvolvāre		ēvolvātur		ēvolvāmur		ēvolvāminī		ēvolvantur
	imperfect	ēvolverer		ēvolverēris, ēvolverēre		ēvolverētur		ēvolverēmur		ēvolverēminī		ēvolverentur
	perfect	ēvolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ēvolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ēvolve		—		—		ēvolvite		—
	future	—		ēvolvitō		ēvolvitō		—		ēvolvitōte		ēvolvuntō
passive	present	—		ēvolvere		—		—		ēvolviminī		—
	future	—		ēvolvitor		ēvolvitor		—		—		ēvolvuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ēvolvere			ēvolvī			ēvolvēns			—
future		ēvolūtūrum esse			ēvolūtum īrī			ēvolūtūrus			ēvolvendus
perfect		ēvolvisse			ēvolūtum esse			—			ēvolūtus
future perfect		—			ēvolūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ēvolūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ēvolvendī		ēvolvendō		ēvolvendum		ēvolvendō		ēvolūtum		ēvolūtū

Derived terms

• ēvolūtiō
• ēvolūtus

Related terms

• advolvō
• circumvolvō
• convolvō
• dēvolvō
• involvō
• obvolvō
• prōvolvō
• revolvō
• subvolvō
• volvō

Descendants

• English: evolve, evolute
• French: évoluer
  • → Portuguese: evoluir
• Friulian: evolvi
• Italian: evolvere
• Piedmontese: evòlve
• → Portuguese: evolver
• Romanian: evolua
• Spanish: evolucionar

References

• “evolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “evolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “evolvo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to study historical records, read history: evolvere historias, litterarum (veterum annalium) monumenta
    
  • to open a book: librum evolvere, volvere
    

Portuguese

Verb

evolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of evolver