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vertere to turn
vertere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to turn.
Definitions for vertere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to turn, change
- 2
so āvertō,, turn away, avert, revertō, turn back, etc.
English derivatives:
adverse advertise avert averse convert controversy divers diverse divorce invert obverse pervert revert subvert subversive transverse verse version animadvert
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To cause to revolve or move about a centre, turn, spin; (usu. pass. in middle sense or refl., esp. of heavenly bodies or sim.); (also intr.). (b) (pass., also intr. of a period of time) to pass through its cycle; (also of a point in a cycle) to come round; (rarely act., tr.) to bring round (seasons, etc.) in course of time. (c) annus ~tens (as a measure of time), one apparent revolution of the sun, a full astronomical year; so mensis ~tens, a revolution of the moon, one lunar month. (d) to turn (an object) through a series of angles (so that it faces in all directions successively).
- 2
To cause (a pivot) to turn in a socket, or sim.; (fig., pass. of an outcome, decision, etc.) to depend (on), turn or hinge (upon); (rarely act., tr.) to determine or sway (the direction of events).
- 3
(pass. in middle sense, cf. uersor) To go to and fro, move about (in a place). (b) (of affairs, etc.) to be involved (in difficulties). (c) to be active, occupy oneself (in a sphere). (d) (usu. leg., of factors) to be involved (in a case).
- 4
To turn over (ground) in digging, ploughing, or sim. operations. (b) to churn, disturb (water, in rowing); (sim. of storms).
- 5
To overturn, knock down. (b) (transf.) to subvert, ruin, confound (a country, institution, etc.).
Sentences with vertere
Latin to English
Diū oppressī, sē contrā opprimentem tyrannum vertere coepērunt.Compare Long oppressed, they began to turn themselves against the oppressing tyrant.
Iam verto fortuna.Compare Now the fortune of the day had changed.
Quo sui miser verto?Compare Whither shall he wretched turn (turn himself)?
Conjugation table for vertere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| vertō vertis vertit vertimus vertitis vertunt | vertēbam vertēbās vertēbat vertēbāmus vertēbātis vertēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| vertī vertistī vertit vertimus vertistis vertērunt / vertēre | verteram verterās verterat verterāmus verterātis verterant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| vertam vertēs vertet vertēmus vertētis vertent | verterō verteris verterit verterimus verteritis verterint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| vertam vertās vertat vertāmus vertātis vertant | verterem verterēs verteret verterēmus verterētis verterent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| verterim verteris verterit verterimus verteritis verterint | vertissem vertissēs vertisset vertissēmus vertissētis vertissent |
Infinitive present vertere Infinitive perfect vertisse Infinitive future versūrum esse | Imperative present verte vertite Imperative future vertitō vertitō vertitōte vertuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| vertor verteris vertitur vertimur vertiminī vertuntur | vertēbar vertēbāris / vertēbāre vertēbātur vertēbāmur vertēbāminī vertēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| versus sum versus es versus est versī sumus versī estis versī sunt | versus eram versus erās versus erat versī erāmus versī erātis versī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| vertar vertēris / vertēre vertētur vertēmur vertēminī vertentur | versus erō versus eris versus erit versī erimus versī eritis versī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| vertar vertāris / vertāre vertātur vertāmur vertāminī vertantur | verterer verterēris / verterēre verterētur verterēmur verterēminī verterentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| versus sim versus sīs versus sit versī sīmus versī sītis versī sint | versus essem versus essēs versus esset versī essēmus versī essētis versī essent |
Infinitive present vertī Infinitive perfect versum esse Infinitive future versum īrī | Imperative present vertere vertiminī Imperative future vertitor vertitor - vertuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | vertēns | vertentēs |
| Gen. | vertentis | vertentium |
| Dat. | vertentī | vertentibus |
| Acc. | vertentem | vertentēs |
| Abl. | vertente | vertentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | versūrus | versūrī |
| Gen. | versūrī | versūrōrum |
| Dat. | versūrō | versūrīs |
| Acc. | versūrum | versūrōs |
| Abl. | versūrō | versūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | versus | versī |
| Gen. | versī | versōrum |
| Dat. | versō | versīs |
| Acc. | versum | versōs |
| Abl. | versō | versīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | vertendus | vertendī |
| Gen. | vertendī | vertendōrum |
| Dat. | vertendō | vertendīs |
| Acc. | vertendum | vertendōs |
| Abl. | vertendō | vertendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | vertere | versum |
| Gen. | vertendī | versū |
| Dat. | vertendō | |
| Acc. | vertendum | |
| Abl. | vertendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 151.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2042.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "vertō, vertere, vertī, versum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/verto-vertere-verti-versum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 151.vertō, vertere, vertī, versum on page 151
