English → Latin
“revolve” in Latin
revolvōto roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return; to turn over, read over, repeat; to relate again, repeat; reenact; brood circumagōto drive or turn in a circle; to turn round; to turn a wheelcircumvertōto turn around, revolve oncircumferōto carry, bear or move around or about; carry or move around in a circle; to publish abroad, proclaim, circulate, divulgcōgitōto think; to ponder, meditate, reflect, consider (i.e. think of, about, over); to intend, design, purpose, plan, devise
The English word revolve itself goes back to Latin volvō, through revolvō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
revolve
Transitively, revolvere: circumagere: circumvertere. To revolve a thing in one’s mind, rem secum animo volvere (Liv.); consilium animo volutare (Curt.); rem in corde versare (Plaut.); cogitare or meditari de aliqua re [Vid :, also, CONSIDER.]
Intransitively, se revolvere: revolvi (of stars, seasons, years): 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 revolve?
- The usual Latin words for “revolve” are revolvō, circumagō, circumvertō; also circumferō, cōgitō. 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.