convolvo Latin · revision 8139

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la volvō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈwɔɫ.woː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [koɱˈvɔl.vo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''convolvō''' (present infinitive convolvere, perfect active convolvī, supine convolūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[volvō]] “to roll”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucretius, of rolling round.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to whirl round, and to churn up the sea, as in Lucretius, and in Varro to roll up, coil.^(OLD 2012) In Caesar it meant to wrap round, enfold.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to roll up.^(Stelten 1995) It gave [[en|convolve]] in the 1640s, and its participle ''convolūtus'' gave [[en|convolute]] in 1794.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of whirling round.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of coiling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1640s – English ''convolve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To whirl round; to churn up.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To roll up, coil.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To wrap round.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[convolvulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[advolvō]]

+ * [[circumvolvō]]

+ * [[dēvolvō]]

+ * [[ēvolvō]]

+ * [[involvō]]

+ * [[obvolvō]]

+ * [[prōvolvō]]

+ * [[revolvō]]

+ * [[subvolvō]]

+ * [[volvō]]

+ * [[en|convolve]]

+ * [[en|convolute]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}