revolvo

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back, again”) +‎ volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [reˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈvol.vo/, [reˈvɔlvo]

Verb

revolvō (present infinitive revolvere, perfect active revolvī, supine revolūtum); third conjugation

1. I roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return.
2. I turn over, read over, repeat.
3. I relate again, repeat; reenact; brood or reflect upon.
4. (passive voice) I come or go back, return, recur, relapse.

Conjugation

Conjugation of revolvō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	revolvō	revolvis	revolvit	revolvimus	revolvitis	revolvunt
	imperfect	revolvēbam	revolvēbās	revolvēbat	revolvēbāmus	revolvēbātis	revolvēbant
	future	revolvam	revolvēs	revolvet	revolvēmus	revolvētis	revolvent
	perfect	revolvī	revolvistī	revolvit	revolvimus	revolvistis	revolvērunt, revolvēre
	pluperfect	revolveram	revolverās	revolverat	revolverāmus	revolverātis	revolverant
	future perfect	revolverō	revolveris	revolverit	revolverimus	revolveritis	revolverint
passive	present	revolvor	revolveris, revolvere	revolvitur	revolvimur	revolviminī	revolvuntur
	imperfect	revolvēbar	revolvēbāris, revolvēbāre	revolvēbātur	revolvēbāmur	revolvēbāminī	revolvēbantur
	future	revolvar	revolvēris, revolvēre	revolvētur	revolvēmur	revolvēminī	revolventur
	perfect	revolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	revolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	revolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	revolvam	revolvās	revolvat	revolvāmus	revolvātis	revolvant
	imperfect	revolverem	revolverēs	revolveret	revolverēmus	revolverētis	revolverent
	perfect	revolverim	revolverīs	revolverit	revolverīmus	revolverītis	revolverint
	pluperfect	revolvissem	revolvissēs	revolvisset	revolvissēmus	revolvissētis	revolvissent
passive	present	revolvar	revolvāris, revolvāre	revolvātur	revolvāmur	revolvāminī	revolvantur
	imperfect	revolverer	revolverēris, revolverēre	revolverētur	revolverēmur	revolverēminī	revolverentur
	perfect	revolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	revolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	revolve	—	—	revolvite	—
	future	—	revolvitō	revolvitō	—	revolvitōte	revolvuntō
passive	present	—	revolvere	—	—	revolviminī	—
	future	—	revolvitor	revolvitor	—	—	revolvuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		revolvere	revolvisse	revolūtūrum esse	revolvī	revolūtum esse	revolūtum īrī
participles		revolvēns	—	revolūtūrus	—	revolūtus	revolvendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		revolvendī	revolvendō	revolvendum	revolvendō	revolūtum	revolūtū

Derived terms

• revolūbilis
• revolūtiō
• revolūtus

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• English: revolute, revolve
• Franco-Provençal: revoudre
• Italian: rivolgere
• Old Catalan: revoldre, revolvre
• Portuguese: revolver
• Spanish: revolver

References

• “revolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “revolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• revolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette