volvere

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See also: volveré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin volvere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

vòlvere (first-person singular present vòlvo, first-person singular past historic vòlsi, no past participle)

  1. (transitive, archaic or poetic) Alternative form of volgere
    • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CCCXXV — Tacer non posso, et temo non adopre”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 55–58; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:
      Ch'i' son d'altro poder che tu non credi; ¶ E so far lieti e tristi in un momento, ¶ Più leggiera che 'l vento; ¶ E reggo e volvo quanto al mondo vedi.
      For I have greater powers than you know: and create joy or sadness in a moment, more swiftly than the wind, and rule and turn what you see in the world.

Usage notes

  • The past participle voluto is disused; hence this verb has no compound tenses.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vòlvere (root-stressed -ere; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive vòlvere
auxiliary verb — gerund volvèndo
present participle volvènte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present vòlvo vòlvi vòlve volviàmo volvéte vòlvono
imperfect volvévo volvévi volvéva volvevàmo volvevàte volvévano
past historic vòlsi volvésti vòlse volvémmo volvéste vòlsero
future volverò volverài volverà volverémo volveréte volverànno
conditional volverèi volverésti volverèbbe, volverébbe volverémmo volveréste volverèbbero, volverébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present vòlva vòlva vòlva volviàmo volviàte vòlvano
imperfect volvéssi volvéssi volvésse volvéssimo volvéste volvéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
vòlvi vòlva volviàmo volvéte vòlvano
negative imperative non vòlvere non vòlva non volviàmo non volvéte non vòlvano

Including lesser-used forms:

    Conjugation of vòlvere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive vòlvere
auxiliary verb avére gerund volvèndo
present participle volvènte past participle volùto3
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present vòlvo vòlvi vòlve volviàmo volvéte vòlvono
imperfect volvévo volvévi volvéva volvevàmo volvevàte volvévano
past historic vòlsi, volvétti1, volvètti1,2, volvéi1 volvésti vòlse, volvétte1, volvètte1,2, volvé1 volvémmo volvéste vòlsero, volvéttero1, volvèttero1,2, volvérono1
future volverò volverài volverà volverémo volveréte volverànno
conditional volverèi volverésti volverèbbe, volverébbe volverémmo volveréste volverèbbero, volverébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present vòlva vòlva vòlva volviàmo volviàte vòlvano
imperfect volvéssi volvéssi volvésse volvéssimo volvéste volvéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
vòlvi vòlva volviàmo volvéte vòlvano
negative imperative non vòlvere non vòlva non volviàmo non volvéte non vòlvano

1Rare.
2Traditional.
3Disused.

Further reading

  • volvere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

volvēre

  1. inflection of volvō:
    1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
    2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

volvere

  1. inflection of volvō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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