devolvo

See also: devolvò

Italian

Verb

devolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of devolvere

---

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [d̪eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈvol.vo/, [d̪eˈvɔlvo]

Verb

dēvolvō (present infinitive dēvolvere, perfect active dēvolvī, supine dēvolūtum); third conjugation

1. I roll or tumble off or down.
2. (passive in middle sense) I roll, fall or tumble down, roll myself down, fall headlong; sink down; devolve.
   • Synonym: incido

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēvolvō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēvolvō	dēvolvis	dēvolvit	dēvolvimus	dēvolvitis	dēvolvunt
	imperfect	dēvolvēbam	dēvolvēbās	dēvolvēbat	dēvolvēbāmus	dēvolvēbātis	dēvolvēbant
	future	dēvolvam	dēvolvēs	dēvolvet	dēvolvēmus	dēvolvētis	dēvolvent
	perfect	dēvolvī	dēvolvistī	dēvolvit	dēvolvimus	dēvolvistis	dēvolvērunt, dēvolvēre
	pluperfect	dēvolveram	dēvolverās	dēvolverat	dēvolverāmus	dēvolverātis	dēvolverant
	future perfect	dēvolverō	dēvolveris	dēvolverit	dēvolverimus	dēvolveritis	dēvolverint
passive	present	dēvolvor	dēvolveris, dēvolvere	dēvolvitur	dēvolvimur	dēvolviminī	dēvolvuntur
	imperfect	dēvolvēbar	dēvolvēbāris, dēvolvēbāre	dēvolvēbātur	dēvolvēbāmur	dēvolvēbāminī	dēvolvēbantur
	future	dēvolvar	dēvolvēris, dēvolvēre	dēvolvētur	dēvolvēmur	dēvolvēminī	dēvolventur
	perfect	dēvolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēvolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēvolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēvolvam	dēvolvās	dēvolvat	dēvolvāmus	dēvolvātis	dēvolvant
	imperfect	dēvolverem	dēvolverēs	dēvolveret	dēvolverēmus	dēvolverētis	dēvolverent
	perfect	dēvolverim	dēvolverīs	dēvolverit	dēvolverīmus	dēvolverītis	dēvolverint
	pluperfect	dēvolvissem	dēvolvissēs	dēvolvisset	dēvolvissēmus	dēvolvissētis	dēvolvissent
passive	present	dēvolvar	dēvolvāris, dēvolvāre	dēvolvātur	dēvolvāmur	dēvolvāminī	dēvolvantur
	imperfect	dēvolverer	dēvolverēris, dēvolverēre	dēvolverētur	dēvolverēmur	dēvolverēminī	dēvolverentur
	perfect	dēvolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēvolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēvolve	—	—	dēvolvite	—
	future	—	dēvolvitō	dēvolvitō	—	dēvolvitōte	dēvolvuntō
passive	present	—	dēvolvere	—	—	dēvolviminī	—
	future	—	dēvolvitor	dēvolvitor	—	—	dēvolvuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēvolvere	dēvolvisse	dēvolūtūrum esse	dēvolvī	dēvolūtum esse	dēvolūtum īrī
participles		dēvolvēns	—	dēvolūtūrus	—	dēvolūtus	dēvolvendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēvolvendī	dēvolvendō	dēvolvendum	dēvolvendō	dēvolūtum	dēvolūtū

Derived terms

• dēvolūtiō

Related terms

• advolvō
• circumvolvō
• convolvō
• ēvolvō
• involvō

• obvolvō
• prōvolvō
• revolvō
• subvolvō
• volvō

Descendants

• English: devolve
• Franco-Provençal: dèvoudre
• Galician: devolver
• Italian: devolvere
• Portuguese: devolver
• Spanish: devolver

References

• “devolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “devolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• devolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

---

Portuguese

Verb

devolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of devolver