circumvolvo

Latin

Etymology

From circum- (“around”) +‎ volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈu̯ol.u̯oː/, [kɪrkʊmˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈvol.vo/, [t͡ʃirkumˈvɔlvo]

Verb

circumvolvō (present infinitive circumvolvere, perfect active circumvolvī, supine circumvolūtum); third conjugation

1. (with se) to roll oneself around; revolve, wind or twine around
2. to cause to roll or revolve around

Conjugation

Please note that Lewis and Short states that there are no perfect forms.

Conjugation of circumvolvō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumvolvō	circumvolvis	circumvolvit	circumvolvimus	circumvolvitis	circumvolvunt
	imperfect	circumvolvēbam	circumvolvēbās	circumvolvēbat	circumvolvēbāmus	circumvolvēbātis	circumvolvēbant
	future	circumvolvam	circumvolvēs	circumvolvet	circumvolvēmus	circumvolvētis	circumvolvent
	perfect	circumvolvī	circumvolvistī	circumvolvit	circumvolvimus	circumvolvistis	circumvolvērunt, circumvolvēre
	pluperfect	circumvolveram	circumvolverās	circumvolverat	circumvolverāmus	circumvolverātis	circumvolverant
	future perfect	circumvolverō	circumvolveris	circumvolverit	circumvolverimus	circumvolveritis	circumvolverint
passive	present	circumvolvor	circumvolveris, circumvolvere	circumvolvitur	circumvolvimur	circumvolviminī	circumvolvuntur
	imperfect	circumvolvēbar	circumvolvēbāris, circumvolvēbāre	circumvolvēbātur	circumvolvēbāmur	circumvolvēbāminī	circumvolvēbantur
	future	circumvolvar	circumvolvēris, circumvolvēre	circumvolvētur	circumvolvēmur	circumvolvēminī	circumvolventur
	perfect	circumvolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumvolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumvolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumvolvam	circumvolvās	circumvolvat	circumvolvāmus	circumvolvātis	circumvolvant
	imperfect	circumvolverem	circumvolverēs	circumvolveret	circumvolverēmus	circumvolverētis	circumvolverent
	perfect	circumvolverim	circumvolverīs	circumvolverit	circumvolverīmus	circumvolverītis	circumvolverint
	pluperfect	circumvolvissem	circumvolvissēs	circumvolvisset	circumvolvissēmus	circumvolvissētis	circumvolvissent
passive	present	circumvolvar	circumvolvāris, circumvolvāre	circumvolvātur	circumvolvāmur	circumvolvāminī	circumvolvantur
	imperfect	circumvolverer	circumvolverēris, circumvolverēre	circumvolverētur	circumvolverēmur	circumvolverēminī	circumvolverentur
	perfect	circumvolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumvolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumvolve	—	—	circumvolvite	—
	future	—	circumvolvitō	circumvolvitō	—	circumvolvitōte	circumvolvuntō
passive	present	—	circumvolvere	—	—	circumvolviminī	—
	future	—	circumvolvitor	circumvolvitor	—	—	circumvolvuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumvolvere	circumvolvisse	circumvolūtūrum esse	circumvolvī	circumvolūtum esse	circumvolūtum īrī
participles		circumvolvēns	—	circumvolūtūrus	—	circumvolūtus	circumvolvendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumvolvendī	circumvolvendō	circumvolvendum	circumvolvendō	circumvolūtum	circumvolūtū

Related terms

• advolvō
• convolvō
• dēvolvō
• ēvolvō
• involvō
• obvolvō
• prōvolvō
• revolvō
• subvolvō
• volvō

Descendants

• English: circumvolve
• Portuguese: circunvolver

References

• “circumvolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumvolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumvolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.