Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

circum- +‎ vertō (to turn)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

circumvertō (present infinitive circumvertere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (transitive) to turn around, revolve on

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of circumvertō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumvertō circumvertis circumvertit circumvertimus circumvertitis circumvertunt
imperfect circumvertēbam circumvertēbās circumvertēbat circumvertēbāmus circumvertēbātis circumvertēbant
future circumvertam circumvertēs circumvertet circumvertēmus circumvertētis circumvertent
passive present circumvertor circumverteris,
circumvertere
circumvertitur circumvertimur circumvertiminī circumvertuntur
imperfect circumvertēbar circumvertēbāris,
circumvertēbāre
circumvertēbātur circumvertēbāmur circumvertēbāminī circumvertēbantur
future circumvertar circumvertēris,
circumvertēre
circumvertētur circumvertēmur circumvertēminī circumvertentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumvertam circumvertās circumvertat circumvertāmus circumvertātis circumvertant
imperfect circumverterem circumverterēs circumverteret circumverterēmus circumverterētis circumverterent
passive present circumvertar circumvertāris,
circumvertāre
circumvertātur circumvertāmur circumvertāminī circumvertantur
imperfect circumverterer circumverterēris,
circumverterēre
circumverterētur circumverterēmur circumverterēminī circumverterentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present circumverte circumvertite
future circumvertitō circumvertitō circumvertitōte circumvertuntō
passive present circumvertere circumvertiminī
future circumvertitor circumvertitor circumvertuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives circumvertere circumvertī
participles circumvertēns circumvertendus,
circumvertundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
circumvertendī circumvertendō circumvertendum circumvertendō

References edit

  • circumverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circumverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers