revolvo
Latin
Etymology
From re- (“back, again”) + volvō (“roll”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) 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
- I roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return.
- I turn over, read over, repeat.
- I relate again, repeat; reenact; brood or reflect upon.
- (passive voice) I come or go back, return, recur, relapse.
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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.