vertō

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 Irishdofortad (“to pour out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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 ▲]

   Synonyms: versō, advertō, circumagō

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

2. to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy [ synonyms ▲]

   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 ▲]

   Synonyms: operor, exerceō, labōrō, versō

4. to change, alter, transform [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: mūtō, commūtō, versō, cōnferō

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

   Synonym: trānsferō

8. to retreat [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]

   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