LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

invertō

invertō (present infinitive invertere, perfect active invertī, supine inversum)
Classical[ɪnˈwɛr.toː]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈvɛr.to]

Meaning

  1. to turn upside-down, over or around, invert, upset
  2. to change, pervert, turn into the opposite
  3. to exchange, alter, translate

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Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Vertere · Torquere · Convertere · Invertere · Pervertere

Vertere means to turn, that is, to move anything in order to give it another position or situation, like τρέπειν; torquere (from τρέκω), ἀτρεκής), to twist, that is, in order to move a fixed point, like στρέφειν. 2. Convertere means, either to turn in a body, with reference to those acting, as, for instance, Ut pæne terga convertant; or, with reference to the action, to turn completely; whereas invertere means, to turn only half round, so that the reverse side of the thing turned is exposed; lastly, pervertere means to turn upside down, so that the thing turned becomes useless, or falls to the ground. (v. 289.)

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.invertōinvertēbaminvertaminvertīinverteraminverterō
2nd sg.invertisinvertēbāsinvertēsinvertistīinverterāsinverteris
3rd sg.invertitinvertēbatinvertetinvertitinverteratinverterit
1st pl.invertimusinvertēbāmusinvertēmusinvertimusinverterāmusinverterimus
2nd pl.invertitisinvertēbātisinvertētisinvertistisinverterātisinverteritis
3rd pl.invertuntinvertēbantinvertentinvertērunt
invertēre		inverterantinverterint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.invertaminvertereminverteriminvertissem
2nd sg.invertāsinverterēsinverterīsinvertissēs
3rd sg.invertatinverteretinverteritinvertisset
1st pl.invertāmusinverterēmusinverterīmusinvertissēmus
2nd pl.invertātisinverterētisinverterītisinvertissētis
3rd pl.invertantinverterentinverterintinvertissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.invertorinvertēbarinvertar
2nd sg.inverteris
invertere		invertēbāris
invertēbāre		invertēris
invertēre
3rd sg.invertiturinvertēbāturinvertētur
1st pl.invertimurinvertēbāmurinvertēmur
2nd pl.invertiminīinvertēbāminīinvertēminī
3rd pl.invertunturinvertēbanturinvertentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.invertarinverterer
2nd sg.invertāris
invertāre		inverterēris
inverterēre
3rd sg.invertāturinverterētur
1st pl.invertāmurinverterēmur
2nd pl.invertāminīinverterēminī
3rd pl.invertanturinverterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.inverteinvertere
pres. 2nd pl.invertiteinvertiminī
fut. 2nd sg.invertitōinvertitor
fut. 3rd sg.invertitōinvertitor
fut. 2nd pl.invertitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.invertuntōinvertuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveinvertereinvertī
perfect infinitiveinvertisseinversum esse
future infinitiveinversūrum esseinversum īrī
present participleinvertēns—
perfect participle—inversus
inversa, inversā, inversae, inversam, inversārum, inversās, inverse, inversī, inversīs, inversō, inversōrum, inversōs
future participleinversūrus
inversūra, inversūrā, inversūrae, inversūram, inversūrārum, inversūrās, inversūre, inversūrī, inversūrīs, inversūrō, inversūrōrum, inversūrōs, inversūrum		invertendus
invertundus, invertenda, invertendā, invertendae, invertendam, invertendārum, invertendās, invertende, invertendīs, invertendōrum, invertendōs
gerundinvertendī, invertendō, invertendumsupineinversum, inversū

in-verto, verti, versum, 3, v. a.,
I. to turn upside down, turn about, to upset, invert (class.).
I. Lit.: pingue solum Fortes invertant tauri, to turn up, plough up, Verg. G. 1, 64: campum, id. ib. 3, 161: Boreas invertit ornos, upturns, overthrows, Luc. 6, 390: vinaria, to upset, empty, Hor. S. 2, 8, 39: mare, i. e. disturbed, rough, id. Epod. 10, 5: alveos navium inversos pro tuguriis habere, Sall. J. 18, 5: adeo vehementer talum inverti, ut minimum affuerim quin articulum defregerim, dislocated, App. Flor. 3, p. 134, 3: si polypus invertatur, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91: invertere se, to turn over, id. 32, 2, 5, § 13: cum in locum anulum inverterat, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38. —
2. Esp., to dip, dye: albentes lanas, Sil. 16, 568.—
II. Trop., to invert, transp?*!se; to change. alter; to pervert; to exchange: ut cum semel dictum sit directe, invertatur ordo, et idem quasi sursum versus retroque dicatur, Cic. Part. 7, 24: quae in vulgus edita ejus verbis, invertere supersedeo, to alter, give in another form, Tac. A. 15, 63: virtutes, to alter, misrepresent, Hor. S. 1, 3, 55: lanas, to dye, color, Sil. 16, 569: Vertumnus Deus invertendarum rerum est, i. e. of barter, trade, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154. —
B. Esp. of words, to pervert, misapply, use ironically (cf. inversio, I.): invertuntur verba, ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262.—Hence, inversus, a, um, P. a., turned upside down, inverted.
A. Lit.: vomer inversus, Hor. Epod. 2, 63: carinae, Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15: manus (opp. supina), id. 12, 25, 54, § 121: charta, Mart. 4, 87, 11: submovere Euros Pellibus inversis, turned inside out, Juv. 14, 187.—
B. Trop., inverted, perverted: annus, inverted, brought back to its beginning, i. e. completed, ended, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36: pro curia, inversique mores! perverted, corrupt, id. C. 3, 5, 7: consuetudo, Quint. 3, 9, 9: verba, perverted from their proper meanings, ambiguous, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131; so, too, verba, dark, obscure, Lucr. 1, 642. — Neutr. sing. as adv.: inversum, upside down: surculis inversum superpositis, Sol. 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latininvertō

Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin invertō From in- (“against / (intensifier)”) + vertō (“turn”).

Descendants
  • Catalaninvertir
  • Englishinvert
  • Englishinverse
  • Frenchinvertir
  • Italianinvertire
  • Portugueseinverter
  • Spanishinvertir
  • Galicianinverter

In English words that came into English from invertō

  • inverseinversus
  • inversioninversio

Quick answers

What does invertō mean in Latin?
invertō, a verb, means “to turn upside-down, over or around, invert, upset; to change, pervert, turn into the opposite; to exchange, alter, translate”.
What are the principal parts of invertō?
invertō, invertere, invertī, inversum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce invertō?
In classical Latin, [ɪnˈwɛr.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱˈvɛr.to].
Where does invertō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin invertō.