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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vertice and Latin vertex, perhaps also Russian верши́на (veršína).

Pronunciation

Noun

verto (accusative singular verton, plural vertoj, accusative plural vertojn)

  1. pate, top or crown of the head
    • 2001, Sten Johansson, Neĝo kaŝas nur…, Eld. Al-fab-et-o, chapter 8
      La edzino verŝas kafon, dum la gasto okulkaresas ŝin de piedoj ĝis verto, precipe la mezajn partojn.
      His wife poured coffee, while the guest eyed her from feet to crown, especially the middle parts.

Italian

Verb

verto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of vertere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *wertō, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.

Cognates include Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “he turns”), Sanskrit वर्तयति (vartáyati, “he turns”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙 (varət-), Proto-Slavic *vьrtěti (Old Church Slavonic врьтѣти (vrĭtěti), Russian вертеть (vertet’, “to rotate”)), Proto-Baltic *wert- (Lithuanian ver̃sti), Persian گرد (gard, “grow; turn”), Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”) (Old English weorþan (“to happen”), English worth), Old Irish dofortad (“to pour out”)

Pronunciation

Verb

vertō (present infinitive vertere, perfect active vertī, supine versum); third conjugation

  1. I turn, revolve
  2. I turn around
  3. I reverse (transitive)
  4. I exchange
  5. I translate
  6. I retreat

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vertō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vertō vertis vertit vertimus vertitis vertunt
imperfect vertēbam vertēbās vertēbat vertēbāmus vertēbātis vertēbant
future vertam vertēs vertet vertēmus vertētis vertent
perfect vertī vertistī vertit vertimus vertistis vertērunt,
vertēre
pluperfect verteram verterās verterat verterāmus verterātis verterant
future perfect verterō verteris verterit verterimus verteritis verterint
passive present vertor verteris,
vertere 		vertitur vertimur vertiminī vertuntur
imperfect vertēbar vertēbāris,
vertēbāre 		vertēbātur vertēbāmur vertēbāminī vertēbantur
future vertar vertēris,
vertēre 		vertētur vertēmur vertēminī vertentur
perfect versus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect versus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect versus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vertam vertās vertat vertāmus vertātis vertant
imperfect verterem verterēs verteret verterēmus verterētis verterent
perfect verterim verterīs verterit verterīmus verterītis verterint
pluperfect vertissem vertissēs vertisset vertissēmus vertissētis vertissent
passive present vertar vertāris,
vertāre 		vertātur vertāmur vertāminī vertantur
imperfect verterer verterēris,
verterēre 		verterētur verterēmur verterēminī verterentur
perfect versus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect versus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — verte — — vertite —
future — vertitō vertitō — vertitōte vertuntō
passive present — vertere — — vertiminī —
future — vertitor vertitor — — vertuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vertere vertisse versūrum esse vertī versum esse versum īrī
participles vertēns — versūrus — versus vertendus,
vertundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vertendī vertendō vertendum vertendō versum versū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: vertere
  • Old French: vertir
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Old Spanish:

See also

References

  • “verto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “verto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • verto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • verto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
    • to make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger: manum non vertere alicuius rei causa
    • to make a thing ridiculous, turn it into a joke: aliquid in risum vertere
    • all depends on this; this is the decisive point: in ea re omnia vertuntur
    • I wish you all success in the matter: bene id tibi vertat!
    • to reproach a person with..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vertere
    • 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 become an object of ridicule; to be laughed at: in ludibrium verti (Tac. Ann. 12. 26)
    • to make a thing a matter of conscience, be scrupulous about a thing: aliquid religioni habere or in religionem vertere
    • and may God grant success: quod deus bene vertat!
    • to interpret something as an omen: accipere, vertere aliquid in omen
    • to leave one's country (only used of exiles): solum vertere, mutare (Caecin. 34. 100)
    • to reproach, blame a person for..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vitio vertere (Verr. 5. 50)
    • to flee, run away: terga vertere or dare

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

verto

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Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin apertus. Compare Friulian viert.

Verb

verto m (feminine singular verta, masculine plural verti, feminine plural verte)

  1. past participle of verxar, past participle of vèrzar

Adjective

verto (feminine singular verta, masculine plural verti, feminine plural verte)

  1. open

Derived terms

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