LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

involvō

involvō (present infinitive involvere, perfect active involvī, supine involūtum)
Classical[ɪnˈwɔɫ.woː]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈvɔl.vo]

Meaning

  1. to roll to or upon something
  2. to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve; cover, overwhelm; curl, coil up; veil
  3. figurativelyto involve or devote oneself to something

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.involvōinvolvēbaminvolvaminvolvīinvolveraminvolverō
2nd sg.involvisinvolvēbāsinvolvēsinvolvistīinvolverāsinvolveris
3rd sg.involvitinvolvēbatinvolvetinvolvitinvolveratinvolverit
1st pl.involvimusinvolvēbāmusinvolvēmusinvolvimusinvolverāmusinvolverimus
2nd pl.involvitisinvolvēbātisinvolvētisinvolvistisinvolverātisinvolveritis
3rd pl.involvuntinvolvēbantinvolventinvolvērunt
involvēre		involverantinvolverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.involvaminvolvereminvolveriminvolvissem
2nd sg.involvāsinvolverēsinvolverīsinvolvissēs
3rd sg.involvatinvolveretinvolveritinvolvisset
1st pl.involvāmusinvolverēmusinvolverīmusinvolvissēmus
2nd pl.involvātisinvolverētisinvolverītisinvolvissētis
3rd pl.involvantinvolverentinvolverintinvolvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.involvorinvolvēbarinvolvar
2nd sg.involveris
involvere		involvēbāris
involvēbāre		involvēris
involvēre
3rd sg.involviturinvolvēbāturinvolvētur
1st pl.involvimurinvolvēbāmurinvolvēmur
2nd pl.involviminīinvolvēbāminīinvolvēminī
3rd pl.involvunturinvolvēbanturinvolventur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.involvarinvolverer
2nd sg.involvāris
involvāre		involverēris
involverēre
3rd sg.involvāturinvolverētur
1st pl.involvāmurinvolverēmur
2nd pl.involvāminīinvolverēminī
3rd pl.involvanturinvolverentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.involveinvolvere
pres. 2nd pl.involviteinvolviminī
fut. 2nd sg.involvitōinvolvitor
fut. 3rd sg.involvitōinvolvitor
fut. 2nd pl.involvitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.involvuntōinvolvuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveinvolvereinvolvī
perfect infinitiveinvolvisseinvolūtum esse
future infinitiveinvolūtūrum esseinvolūtum īrī
present participleinvolvēns—
perfect participle—involūtus
involūta, involūtā, involūtae, involūtam, involūtārum, involūtās, involūte, involūtī, involūtīs, involūtō, involūtōrum, involūtōs
future participleinvolūtūrus
involūtūra, involūtūrā, involūtūrae, involūtūram, involūtūrārum, involūtūrās, involūtūre, involūtūrī, involūtūrīs, involūtūrō, involūtūrōrum, involūtūrōs, involūtūrum		involvendus
involvenda, involvendā, involvendae, involvendam, involvendārum, involvendās, involvende, involvendīs, involvendōrum, involvendōs
gerundinvolvendī, involvendō, involvendumsupineinvolūtum, involūtū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

involutae rei notitiam definiendo aperire (Or. 33. 116)
to make an obscure notion clear by means of definition.

in-volvo, vi, ūtum, 3, v. a.,
I. to roll to or upon any thing.
I. Lit.: Ossae frondosum involvere Olympum, Verg. G, 1, 282: montes, Ov. M. 12, 507: silvas, armenta secum, to sweep away with it, Verg. A. 12, 689: miser involvitur In caput, id. ib. 292.—
B. Transf., to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve: se foliis ac frondibus, Lucr. 5, 970: aliquid corpori, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: sinistras sagis, Caes. B. C. 1, 75: caput flammeolo, Petr. 26: se farinā, Phaedr. 4, 1, 23: involvi fumo, Ov. M. 2, 232: vestimentis, Cels. 2, 17: manum amiculo, Just. 15, 3, 8: totum involvit flammis nemus, Verg. G. 2, 308: fit quoque ut involvat venti se nubibus ipse vortex, Lucr. 6, 442: nec densae trepidis apium se involvere nubes cessarunt aquilis, Sil. 8, 635.—
C. To cover, overwhelm: Auster aqua involvens navemque virosque, Verg. A. 6, 336: stagnante vado patulos involvere campos, Sil. 6, 143; 12, 622: eos in mediis fluctibus, Vulg. Deut. 14, 27: non vox et mutui hortatus juvabant adversante unda ... cuncta pari violentia involvebantur, Tac. A. 1, 70.—
II. Trop., to inwrap, wrap, infold, envelop, surround: se litteris, i. e. to devote one's self to, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3: pacis nomine bellum involutum, id. Phil. 7, 6, 19: obscuris vera, Verg. A. 6, 100: se suā virtute, Hor. C. 3, 29, 54: se otio, Plin. Ep. 7, 3: se laqueis insidiosae interrogationis, to involve or entangle themselves, id. ib. 1, 5: ut si qua iniquitas involveretur, Tac. A. 3, 63: fraudibus involuti, id. ib. 16, 32.— Hence, invŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., involved, intricate, obscure: res involutas definiendo explicare, Cic. Or. 29, 102: philosophiam a rebus occultis et ab ipsa natura involutis avocare, id. Ac. 1, 4, 15: res omnium involutissima, Sen. Q. N. 6, 5, 3. — Adv.: invŏlūtē, obscurely (post-class.): queri, Spart. Car. 2.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin involvō From in- (“in, at, on”) + volvō (“roll”).

Descendants
  • Englishinvolve
  • Englishinvolute
  • Frenchenvoudrefrom Franco-Provençal envoldre
  • Italianinvolgere
  • Italianinvolvere
  • Occitanenvòlver
  • Occitanenvòlguer
  • Portugueseenvolver
  • Romanianînvoalbe
  • Spanishenvolver

In English words that came into English from involvō

  • involveinvolvere
  • involuteinvolutus
  • involutioninvolūtiō
  • involucreinvolūcrum
  • involucruminvolūcrum
  • involucrininvolūcrum

Quick answers

What does involvō mean in Latin?
involvō, a verb, means “to roll to or upon something; to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve; cover, overwhelm”.
What are the principal parts of involvō?
involvō, involvere, involvī, involūtum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce involvō?
In classical Latin, [ɪnˈwɔɫ.woː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iɱˈvɔl.vo].
Where does involvō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin involvō.
Which English words come from involvō?
English words that go back to Latin involvō include involve, involute, involution, involucre, involucrum and involucrin.