transverto
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From trāns- (“over, across”) + vertō (“to turn or turn around”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /transˈu̯er.toː/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠ˈu̯ɛrt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /transˈver.to/, [t̪ränzˈvɛrt̪o]
Verb edit
trānsvertō (present infinitive trānsvertere, perfect active trānsvertī, supine trānsversum); third conjugation
- (post-classical, literal) to turn or direct across or athwart; to turn over
- (transferred sense) to turn away or avert
- (figurative) to lead aside or astray
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
- trānsversim (adverb)
- trānsversus (participle)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: transvert
References edit
- “transverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- transverto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.