Italian

Verb

verto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vertere

Anagrams

• torve, vetro

Latin

Etymology

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

Cognates include Sanskrit वर्तयति ‎(vartayati, “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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwer.toː/, [ˈwɛr.toː]

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

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• terga vertō
• versō

Descendants

• Old French: vertir
• Italian: vertere
• Spanish: vertir, verter
• Portuguese: verter
• Romanian: învârti

See also

• volvō

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “verto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
    

Portuguese

Verb

verto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of verter

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin apertus.

Verb

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

1. past participle of verxar, past participle of vèrzar

Adjective

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

1. open