LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

intervertō

intervertō (present infinitive intervertere, perfect active intervertī, supine interversum)
Classical[ɪn.tɛrˈwɛr.toː]Ecclesiastical[in.terˈvɛr.to]

Meaning

  1. to turn aside or divert
  2. to purloin, pilfer or embezzle
  3. to cheat or defraud

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.intervertōintervertēbamintervertamintervertīinterverteraminterverterō
2nd sg.intervertisintervertēbāsintervertēsintervertistīinterverterāsinterverteris
3rd sg.intervertitintervertēbatintervertetintervertitinterverteratinterverterit
1st pl.intervertimusintervertēbāmusintervertēmusintervertimusinterverterāmusinterverterimus
2nd pl.intervertitisintervertēbātisintervertētisintervertistisinterverterātisinterverteritis
3rd pl.intervertuntintervertēbantintervertentintervertērunt
intervertēre
interverterantinterverterint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.intervertamintervertereminterverterimintervertissem
2nd sg.intervertāsinterverterēsinterverterīsintervertissēs
3rd sg.intervertatinterverteretinterverteritintervertisset
1st pl.intervertāmusinterverterēmusinterverterīmusintervertissēmus
2nd pl.intervertātisinterverterētisinterverterītisintervertissētis
3rd pl.intervertantinterverterentinterverterintintervertissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.intervertorintervertēbarintervertar
2nd sg.interverteris
intervertere
intervertēbāris
intervertēbāre
intervertēris
intervertēre
3rd sg.intervertiturintervertēbāturintervertētur
1st pl.intervertimurintervertēbāmurintervertēmur
2nd pl.intervertiminīintervertēbāminīintervertēminī
3rd pl.intervertunturintervertēbanturintervertentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.intervertarinterverterer
2nd sg.intervertāris
intervertāre
interverterēris
interverterēre
3rd sg.intervertāturinterverterētur
1st pl.intervertāmurinterverterēmur
2nd pl.intervertāminīinterverterēminī
3rd pl.intervertanturinterverterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.interverteintervertere
pres. 2nd pl.intervertiteintervertiminī
fut. 2nd sg.intervertitōintervertitor
fut. 3rd sg.intervertitōintervertitor
fut. 2nd pl.intervertitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.intervertuntōintervertuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveintervertereintervertī
perfect infinitiveintervertisseinterversum esse
future infinitiveinterversūrum esseinterversum īrī
present participleintervertēns—
perfect participle—interversus
interversa, interversā, interversae, interversam, interversārum, interversās, interverse, interversī, interversīs, interversō, interversōrum, interversōs
future participleinterversūrus
interversūra, interversūrā, interversūrae, interversūram, interversūrārum, interversūrās, interversūre, interversūrī, interversūrīs, interversūrō, interversūrōrum, interversūrōs, interversūrum
intervertendus
intervertundus, intervertenda, intervertendā, intervertendae, intervertendam, intervertendārum, intervertendās, intervertende, intervertendīs, intervertendōrum, intervertendōs
gerundintervertendī, intervertendō, intervertendumsupineinterversum, interversū

inter-verto (-vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. a.,
I. to turn aside, turn or draw in another direction, divert.
I. Lit.: in extremis partibus triglyphi semicanaliculi intervertantur, Vitr. 4, 3, 5: ductum aquae, Dig. 43, 20, 8.—
II. Trop., to alter, change for the worse, pervert: recta ingenia, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 22, 1: rationes, to falsify accounts, Front. Strat. 3, 16, 3.—
B. To purloin, pilfer, embezzle: argentum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 92: ille induxit, ut peteret: et receptum intervertit, ad seque transtulit, Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 79: interverso regali hoc dono, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 68: vectigalia, Suet. Vit. 7.—
2. Esp., to cheat out of, defraud of a thing: aliquem aliqua re, to cheat, defraud (anteand post-class.): ut me muliere intervorteret, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 110: possessione dominum, Gell. 11, 18, 13.— With acc. alone: quem intervortam? Plaut. As. 2, 1, 10; Dig. 41, 2, 20. —
C. To spend, squander, waste, Tac. H. 2, 95: interversis patroni rebus, id. A. 16, 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latinintervertō

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

Descendants
  • Englishintervert
  • Frenchintervertir
  • Spanishintervertir

Quick answers

What does intervertō mean in Latin?
intervertō, a verb, means “to turn aside or divert; to purloin, pilfer or embezzle; to cheat or defraud”.
What are the principal parts of intervertō?
intervertō, intervertere, intervertī, interversum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce intervertō?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛrˈwɛr.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.terˈvɛr.to].
Where does intervertō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér → Proto-Italic *n̥ter → Latin intervertō.