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revolvo
revolvo
Latin
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) I come or go back, return, recur, relapse.
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Descendants
- English: revolute, revolve
- Franco-Provençal: revoudre
- Italian: rivolgere
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “revolvo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.