LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

antevertō

antevertō (present infinitive antevertere, perfect active antevertī, supine anteversum)
Classical[an.tɛˈwɛr.toː]Ecclesiastical[an.teˈvɛr.to]

Meaning

  1. to anticipate
  2. to prefer (place before)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.antevertōantevertēbamantevertamantevertīanteverteramanteverterō
2nd sg.antevertisantevertēbāsantevertēsantevertistīanteverterāsanteverteris
3rd sg.antevertitantevertēbatantevertetantevertitanteverteratanteverterit
1st pl.antevertimusantevertēbāmusantevertēmusantevertimusanteverterāmusanteverterimus
2nd pl.antevertitisantevertēbātisantevertētisantevertistisanteverterātisanteverteritis
3rd pl.antevertuntantevertēbantantevertentantevertērunt
antevertēre
anteverterantanteverterint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.antevertamanteverteremanteverterimantevertissem
2nd sg.antevertāsanteverterēsanteverterīsantevertissēs
3rd sg.antevertatanteverteretanteverteritantevertisset
1st pl.antevertāmusanteverterēmusanteverterīmusantevertissēmus
2nd pl.antevertātisanteverterētisanteverterītisantevertissētis
3rd pl.antevertantanteverterentanteverterintantevertissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.antevertorantevertēbarantevertar
2nd sg.anteverteris
antevertere
antevertēbāris
antevertēbāre
antevertēris
antevertēre
3rd sg.antevertiturantevertēbāturantevertētur
1st pl.antevertimurantevertēbāmurantevertēmur
2nd pl.antevertiminīantevertēbāminīantevertēminī
3rd pl.antevertunturantevertēbanturantevertentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.antevertaranteverterer
2nd sg.antevertāris
antevertāre
anteverterēris
anteverterēre
3rd sg.antevertāturanteverterētur
1st pl.antevertāmuranteverterēmur
2nd pl.antevertāminīanteverterēminī
3rd pl.antevertanturanteverterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.anteverteantevertere
pres. 2nd pl.antevertiteantevertiminī
fut. 2nd sg.antevertitōantevertitor
fut. 3rd sg.antevertitōantevertitor
fut. 2nd pl.antevertitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.antevertuntōantevertuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveantevertereantevertī
perfect infinitiveantevertisseanteversum esse
future infinitiveanteversūrum esseanteversum īrī
present participleantevertēns—
perfect participle—anteversus
anteversa, anteversā, anteversae, anteversam, anteversārum, anteversās, anteverse, anteversī, anteversīs, anteversō, anteversōrum, anteversōs
future participleanteversūrus
anteversūra, anteversūrā, anteversūrae, anteversūram, anteversūrārum, anteversūrās, anteversūre, anteversūrī, anteversūrīs, anteversūrō, anteversūrōrum, anteversūrōs, anteversūrum
antevertendus
antevertundus
gerundantevertendī, antevertendō, antevertendumsupineanteversum, anteversū

antĕ-verto (archaic -vor-), ti, sum, 3, v. a. (as
I. dep antevortar, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 1), to place one's self before, to go or come before, to precede.
I. Lit.: maerores antevortunt gaudiis, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 60: stella tum antevertens, tum subsequens, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53: itaque antevertit, id. Mil. 17.—
II. Trop.
A. To anticipate: miror, ubi ego huic antevorterim, * Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 12: mihi Fannius antevertit, Cic. Am. 4, 16: damnationem veneno, Tac. A. 13, 30.—
B. To prefer, to place before: rebus aliis antevortar, ut, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 1: Caesar omnibus consiliis antevertendum existimavit, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 7 (where omnibus consiliis are not, as Herz. ad h. l. supposes, the abl., but analog. to rebus aliis in the preced. example, in the dat., e. g.: prae omnibus aliis consiliis id efficiendum existimavit ut, etc., Fr.).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Proto-Italic*anti
  5. Latinantevertō

Latin ante- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin antevertō From ante- + vertō.

Quick answers

What does antevertō mean in Latin?
antevertō, a verb, means “to anticipate; to prefer (place before)”.
What are the principal parts of antevertō?
antevertō, antevertere, antevertī, anteversum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce antevertō?
In classical Latin, [an.tɛˈwɛr.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [an.teˈvɛr.to].
Where does antevertō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts → Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti → Proto-Italic *anti → Latin antevertō.