verto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vertice and Latin vertex, perhaps also Russian верши́на (veršína).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈverto]
• Rhymes: -erto
• Hyphenation: ver‧to

Noun

verto (accusative singular verton, plural vertoj, accusative plural vertojn)

1. pate, top or crown of the head
   • 2001, Sten Johansson, chapter 8, in Neĝo kaŝas nur…, Eld. Al-fab-et-o:

     La edzino verŝas kafon, dum la gasto okulkaresas ŝin de piedoj ĝis verto, precipe la mezajn partojn.

     His wife poured coffee, while the guest eyed her from feet to crown, especially the middle parts.

Etymology

verta +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋerto/, [ˈʋe̞rt̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -erto
• Hyphenation^(key): ver‧to

Noun

verto (rare)

1. Synonym of verta (“match”)

Further reading

• “verto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• Tervo, revot, verot

Verb

verto

1. first-person singular present indicative of verter

Verb

verto

1. first-person singular present indicative of vertere

Anagrams

• torve, trevo, vetro

Alternative forms

• vortō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wertō, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.

Cognates include Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “to turn”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙 (var^ət), Russian вертеть (vertetʹ, “to rotate”)), Proto-Baltic *wert- (Lithuanian ver̃sti), Persian گرد (gard, “grow; turn”), Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”) (Old English weorþan (“to happen”), English worth), Old Irish dofortad (“to pour out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.toː/, [ˈu̯ɛrt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.to/, [ˈvɛrt̪o]

Verb

vertō (present infinitive vertere, perfect active vertī, supine versum); third conjugation

1. to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve

   Synonyms: versō, advertō, circumagō

   tergum/terga vertere ― be on the run, to escape

2. to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy

   Synonyms: prōflīgō, impellō, subvertō, fundō, prōsternō, sternō, pervertō, ēvertō, dēturbō, afflīgō, dissipō, versō

3. to be engaged in, be in a place or condition

   Synonyms: operor, exerceō, labōrō, versō

4. to change, alter, transform

   Synonyms: mūtō, commūtō, versō, cōnferō

5. to reverse (transitive)
6. to exchange, interchange
7. (of literary productions) to translate, turn into another language

   Synonym: trānsferō

8. to retreat

   Synonyms: decedo, discedo, cedo, deficio, concēdō, excēdō, regredior, subtrahō, subdūcō, inclīnō, recēdō, āmoveō, recipiō, referō, facessō

   Antonyms: prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, ēvehō, incēdō, accēdō, adeō

See also

• volvō

References

• “verto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• verto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
    
  • to make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger: manum non vertere alicuius rei causa
    
  • to make a thing ridiculous, turn it into a joke: aliquid in risum vertere
    
  • all depends on this; this is the decisive point: in ea re omnia vertuntur
    
  • I wish you all success in the matter: bene id tibi vertat!
    
  • to reproach a person with..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vertere
    
  • to translate from Greek into Latin: aliquid e graeco in latinum (sermonem) convertere, vertere, transferre
    
  • to translate Plato: Platonem vertere, convertere
    
  • to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferre
    
  • to become an object of ridicule; to be laughed at: in ludibrium verti (Tac. Ann. 12. 26)
    
  • to make a thing a matter of conscience, be scrupulous about a thing: aliquid religioni habere or in religionem vertere
    
  • and may God grant success: quod deus bene vertat!
    
  • to interpret something as an omen: accipere, vertere aliquid in omen
    
  • to leave one's country (only used of exiles): solum vertere, mutare (Caecin. 34. 100)
    
  • to reproach, blame a person for..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vitio vertere (Verr. 5. 50)
    
  • to flee, run away: terga vertere or dare
    

Further reading

• “verto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Verb

verto

1. first-person singular present indicative of verter

Alternative forms

• averto

Etymology

From Latin apertus. Compare Friulian viert.

Verb

verto m (feminine singular verta, masculine plural verti, feminine plural verte)

1. past participle of verxar, past participle of vèrzar

Adjective

verto (feminine singular verta, masculine plural verti, feminine plural verte)

1. open