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Italian
Verb
convolvo
- first-person singular present indicative of convolvere
Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with, together”) + volvō (“roll”).
Pronunciation
Verb
convolvō (present infinitive convolvere, perfect active convolvī, supine convolūtum); third conjugation
- to roll together, up or around; coil, wrap
- to fasten together, interweave, interlace
- (of a book or roll) to unroll and roll up; look over
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References
- “convolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “convolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- convolvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.