volvo

See also: Volvo

Galician

Verb

volvo

first-person singular present indicative of volver

Italian

Verb

volvo

first-person singular present indicative of volvere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐλύω (elúō, “to roll around”), εἰλύω (eilúō, “to enfold”), εἴλω (eílō, “to roll up, pack close”), ἑλίσσω (helíssō, “to turn round, to roll”), ἕλιξ (hélix), Albanian valle (“to dance in circle”), Old Armenian գելում (gelum), Old English wielwan, wealwian (“to roll”). Confer Latin vulgus. More at wallow.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwol.woː/, [ˈwɔɫ.woː]

Verb

volvō (present infinitive volvere, perfect active volvī, supine volūtum); third conjugation

I roll, tumble.

Inflection

Conjugation of volvo (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	volvō	volvis	volvit	volvimus	volvitis	volvunt
	imperfect	volvēbam	volvēbās	volvēbat	volvēbāmus	volvēbātis	volvēbant
	future	volvam	volvēs	volvet	volvēmus	volvētis	volvent
	perfect	volvī	volvistī	volvit	volvimus	volvistis	volvērunt, volvēre
	pluperfect	volveram	volverās	volverat	volverāmus	volverātis	volverant
	future perfect	volverō	volveris	volverit	volverimus	volveritis	volverint
passive	present	volvor	volveris, volvere	volvitur	volvimur	volviminī	volvuntur
	imperfect	volvēbar	volvēbāris, volvēbāre	volvēbātur	volvēbāmur	volvēbāminī	volvēbantur
	future	volvar	volvēris, volvēre	volvētur	volvēmur	volvēminī	volventur
	perfect	volūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	volūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	volūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	volvam	volvās	volvat	volvāmus	volvātis	volvant
	imperfect	volverem	volverēs	volveret	volverēmus	volverētis	volverent
	perfect	volverim	volverīs	volverit	volverimus	volveritis	volverint
	pluperfect	volvissem	volvissēs	volvisset	volvissēmus	volvissētis	volvissent
passive	present	volvar	volvāris, volvāre	volvātur	volvāmur	volvāminī	volvantur
	imperfect	volverer	volverēris, volverēre	volverētur	volverēmur	volverēminī	volverentur
	perfect	volūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	volūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	volve	—	—	volvite	—
active	future	—	volvitō	volvitō	—	volvitōte	volvuntō
passive	present	—	volvere	—	—	volviminī	—
passive	future	—	volvitor	volvitor	—	—	volvuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		volvere	volvisse	volūtūrus esse	volvī	volūtus esse	volūtum īrī
participles		volvēns	—	volūtūrus	—	volūtus	volvendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		volvere	volvendī	volvendō	volvendum	volūtum	volūtū

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: volbu
Catalan: vogir
Galician: volver
Italian: volgere

Old Catalan: voldre
Portuguese: volver
Romanian: holba
Spanish: volver

References

volvo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
volvo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
volvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to open a book: librum evolvere, volvere
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Portuguese

Verb

volvo

first-person singular present indicative of volver

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