Italian

Verb

evolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of evolvere

Anagrams

• volevo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- ‎(“out of”) +‎ volvō ‎(“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈwol.woː/

Verb

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

1. I roll forth or out; unroll, unfold.
2. I reject, evict, remove.
3. (of a book) I unroll and read.
4. (of a thread) I draw out, spin.
5. I obtain, raise.
6. (figuratively) I clear up, unroll.
7. (figuratively) I disclose, narrate, unroll.
8. (of time) I roll away, pass, elapse, unwind.

Inflection

Derived terms

• ēvolūtiō
• ēvolūtus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: evolve
• French: évoluer
  • Portuguese: evoluir
• Italian: evolvere
• Portuguese: evolver
• Romanian: evolua

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “evolvo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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