Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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re- +‎ vertō (turn)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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revertor (present infinitive revertī, perfect active reversus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to return
    Synonyms: reveniō, regredior
  2. to turn back, turn around

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: revert
  • French: reverser
  • Old French: revertir
  • Portuguese: reverter
  • Spanish: revertir

References

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  • revertor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • revertor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to come back to the point: ad propositum reverti, redire
    • but to return from the digression we have been making: 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
    • to recover one's reason, be reasonable again: ad sanitatem reverti, redire
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