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devolvo
devolvo
See also: devolvò
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈwol.woː/
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.
Inflection
Derived terms
- dēvolūtiō
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “devolvo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.