verbthird conjugation, deponent
revertor
revertor (present infinitive revertī, perfect active reversus sum)
Classical[rɛˈwɛr.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[reˈvɛr.tor]
Meaning
- deponentto return
- deponentto turn back, turn around
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
redeōrevertor, reversus — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 11
redeō, rūrsus veniōrevertor -ī — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 1
redeō, retrō eōrevertor -ī — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 11
return
revertor -ī, reversus — in De Bello Gallico II
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Reverti · Revenire · Redire
Reverti and revenire denote properly only momentary actions; reverti, in opp. to proficisci, the turning back; revenire, in opp. to advenire, the return; whereas redire denotes a more lasting action, which lies between turning back and the return, in opp. to porro ire, the journey home. Cic. Att. xvi. 7. p. m. Quam valde ille reditu vel potius reversione mea lætatus effudit. (iv. 63.)
Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | revertor | revertēbar | revertar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | reverteris revertere | revertēbāris revertēbāre | revertēris revertēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | revertitur | revertēbātur | revertētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | revertimur | revertēbāmur | revertēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | revertiminī | revertēbāminī | revertēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | revertuntur | revertēbantur | revertentur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | revertar | reverterer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | revertāris revertāre | reverterēris reverterēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | revertātur | reverterētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | revertāmur | reverterēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | revertāminī | reverterēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | revertantur | reverterentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | revertere | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | revertiminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | revertitor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | revertitor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | revertuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | revertī | — |
| perfect infinitive | reversum esse | — |
| future infinitive | reversūrum esse | — |
| present participle | revertēns | — |
| perfect participle | reversus reversa, reversā, reversae, reversam, reversārum, reversās, reverse, reversī, reversīs, reversō, reversōrum, reversōs | — |
| future participle | reversūrus reversūra, reversūrā, reversūrae, reversūram, reversūrārum, reversūrās, reversūre, reversūrī, reversūrīs, reversūrō, reversūrōrum, reversūrōs, reversūrum | revertendus revertundus |
gerundrevertendī, revertendō, revertendumsupinereversum, reversū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ad sanitatem reverti, redire
- to recover one's reason, be reasonable again.
- ad propositum reverti, redire
- to come back to the point.
- sed ad id, unde digressi sumus, revertamur
- but to return from the digression we have been making.
- verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamur
- but to return from the digression we have been making.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-vertor or re-vortor versus or vorsus,
perf. usu. revertī (from reverto), ī, to turn back, turn about, come back, return: ex itinere: se vidisse exeuntem illum domo et revertentem: a ponte, H.: silvā, O.: domum: in castra, S.: praedā partā victores reverterunt, L.: cum perspicerent ad istum illos nummos revertisse: quis neget . . . Tiberim reverti, H.: in Asiam reversus est, N.— Fig., to return, go back: nescit vox missa reverti, i. e. be unsaid, H.: ad superiorem consuetudinem: ad sanitatem, Cs.: ad Musas, O.—In speaking, to return, revert, recur: somnia, ad quae mox revertar: ad me.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinrevertor
Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin revertor From re- + vertō (“turn”).
Descendants
- Englishrevert
- Frenchreverser
- Portuguesereverter
- Spanishrevertir
- Old Frenchrevertir
In English words that came into English from revertor
- reversereversus
- reversionreversio
- revertentrevertor