devolvo

See also: devolvò

Italian

Verb

devolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of devolvere

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈwɔɫ.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈvɔl.vo]

Verb

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

1. to roll or tumble off or down
2. (passive in middle sense) to roll, fall or tumble down, roll oneself 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēvolvere			dēvolvī			dēvolvēns			—
future		dēvolūtūrum esse			dēvolūtum īrī			dēvolūtūrus			dēvolvendus
perfect		dēvolvisse			dēvolūtum esse			—			dēvolūtus
future perfect		—			dēvolūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēvolūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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