LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

vertīgō

vertīgō f (genitive vertīginis)
Classical[wɛrˈtiː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[verˈtiː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. gyration, giddiness, dizziness

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

mōtus in orbem, rotātiō
vertīgō -inis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevertīgōvertīginēs
genitivevertīginisvertīginum
dativevertīginīvertīginibus
accusativevertīginemvertīginēs
ablativevertīginevertīginibus
vocativevertīgōvertīginēs

vertīgo, ĭnis, f. verto,
I. a turning or whirling round (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: assidua caeli, Ov. M. 2, 70: ponti, id. ib. 11, 548: venti, Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 3: torti fili, Luc. 6, 460: rotarum, Prud. Psych. 414: assiduā vertigine rotare aliquem, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, a turn, twirl of a slave in manumission, Pers. 5, 76.—
B. Transf., a whirling of the head, giddiness, dizziness, vertigo, Liv. 44, 6, 8; Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 161; 20, 17, 73, § 194; 25, 9, 70, § 117; 25, 11, 89, § 139 al.; Macr. S. 7, 9.—Of persons intoxicated, Juv. 6, 304.—
II. Trop., a revolution, change, alteration: vertigine rerum Attoniti, Luc. 8, 16.

Origins

Synchronically vertō + -īgō. Diachronically, may be derived from vertex, vertic-, with the velar assimilated in oblique cases to the nasal suffix derived from Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂- (e.g. genitive *wertik-nes > *wertig-nes > vertīginis).

Descendants
  • Catalanvertigen
  • Englishvertigo
  • Spanishvértigo
  • Frenchvertige
  • Italianvertigine
  • Portuguesevertigem
  • Galicianvertixefrom Portuguese vertigem

Quick answers

What does vertīgō mean in Latin?
vertīgō, a noun, means “gyration, giddiness, dizziness”.
What is the genitive of vertīgō?
The genitive singular is vertīginis. vertīgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce vertīgō?
In classical Latin, [wɛrˈtiː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [verˈtiː.ɡo].