evolvo
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evolvo
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Etymology edit
From ē- (“out of”) + volvō (“roll”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈvol.vo/, [eˈvɔlvo]
Verb edit
ēvolvō (present infinitive ēvolvere, perfect active ēvolvī, supine ēvolūtum); third conjugation
- to roll forth or out; unroll, unfold
- to reject, evict, remove
- (of a book) to unroll and read
- (of a thread) to draw out, spin
- to obtain, raise
- (figuratively) to clear up, unroll
- (figuratively) to disclose, narrate, unroll
- (of time) to roll away, pass, elapse, unwind
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- “evolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “evolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- evolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to study historical records, read history: evolvere historias, litterarum (veterum annalium) monumenta
- to open a book: librum evolvere, volvere
- to study historical records, read history: evolvere historias, litterarum (veterum annalium) monumenta
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evolvo