English → Latin
“circumvolve” in Latin
circumvolvōto roll oneself around; revolve, wind or twine around; to cause to roll or revolve aroundcircumagōto drive or turn in a circle; to turn round; to turn a wheelconvertōto turn upside-down; to invert; to turn over (soil etc); to turn back or recoilcircumferōto carry, bear or move around or about; carry or move around in a circle; to publish abroad, proclaim, circulate, divulgcircumvertōto turn around, revolve on
The English word circumvolve itself goes back to Latin circumvolvō, through circumvolvere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
circumvolve
TR., circumvolvere: circumagere: convertere. INTR., circumvolutari (Plin.): circumagi, se circumagere: circumferri: circumverti (of wheels, the heavenly bodies, etc): in orbem circumagi or se circumvolvere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for circumvolve?
- The usual Latin words for “circumvolve” are circumvolvō, circumagō, convertō; also circumferō, circumvertō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.