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(Ind. Present 1.sg.): vertō
Active Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
vértere
Present participle:
vertēns; verténtis
Future participle:
versúrus
Gerund:
verténdum
Gerundive:
verténdus
Passive Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
vértere
Perfect participle:
versum
Active
Indicative
Present
| ego | vertō |
| tū | vertis |
| is | vertit |
| nōs | vértimus |
| vōs | vértitis |
| iī | vertunt |
Imperfect
| ego | vertḗbam |
| tū | vertḗbās |
| is | vertḗbat |
| nōs | vertēbā́mus |
| vōs | vertēbā́tis |
| iī | vertḗbant |
I Future
| ego | vertam |
| tū | vertēs |
| is | vertet |
| nōs | vertḗmus |
| vōs | vertḗtis |
| iī | vertent |
Perfect
| ego | vertī |
| tū | vertístī |
| is | vertit |
| nōs | vertimus |
| vōs | vertístis |
| iī | vertḗrunt |
Pluperfect
| ego | vérteram |
| tū | vérterās |
| is | vérterat |
| nōs | verterā́mus |
| vōs | verterā́tis |
| iī | vérterant |
II Future
| ego | vérterō |
| tū | vérteris |
| is | vérterit |
| nōs | vertérimus |
| vōs | vertéritis |
| iī | vérterint |
Subjunctive
Present
| ego | vertam |
| tū | vertās |
| is | vertat |
| nōs | vertā́mus |
| vōs | vertā́tis |
| iī | vertant |
Imperfect
| ego | verterem |
| tū | verterēs |
| is | verteret |
| nōs | verterḗmus |
| vōs | verterḗtis |
| iī | verterent |
Perfect
| ego | vérterim |
| tū | vérteris |
| is | vérterit |
| nōs | vertérimus |
| vōs | vertéritis |
| iī | vérterint |
Pluperfect
| ego | vertíssem |
| tū | vertíssēs |
| is | vertísset |
| nōs | vertissḗmus |
| vōs | vertissḗtis |
| iī | vertíssent |
II Imperative
| tū | vértitō |
| is | vértitō |
| vōs | vertitṓte |
| iī | vertúntō |
Passive
Indicative
Present
| ego | vertor |
| tū | vérteris |
| is | vértitur |
| nōs | vértimur |
| vōs | vertíminī |
| iī | vertúntur |
Imperfect
| ego | vertḗbar |
| tū | vertēbā́ris |
| is | vertēbā́tur |
| nōs | vertēbā́mur |
| vōs | vertēbā́minī |
| iī | vertēbántur |
I Future
| ego | vertar |
| tū | vertḗris |
| is | vertḗtur |
| nōs | vertḗmur |
| vōs | vertḗminī |
| iī | verténtur |
Perfect
| ego | versus sum |
| tū | versus es |
| is | versus est |
| nōs | versī sumus |
| vōs | versī estis |
| iī | versī sunt |
Pluperfect
| ego | versus eram |
| tū | versus erās |
| is | versus erat |
| nōs | versī erāmus |
| vōs | versī erātis |
| iī | versī erant |
II Future
| ego | versus erō |
| tū | versus eris |
| is | versus erit |
| nōs | versī erimus |
| vōs | versī eritis |
| iī | versī erunt |
Subjunctive
Present
| ego | vertar |
| tū | vertā́ris |
| is | vertā́tur |
| nōs | vertā́mur |
| vōs | vertā́minī |
| iī | vertā́ntur |
Imperfect
| ego | verterer |
| tū | verterḗris |
| is | verterḗtur |
| nōs | verterḗmur |
| vōs | verterḗminī |
| iī | verterḗntur |
Perfect
| ego | versus sim |
| tū | versus sīs |
| is | versus sit |
| nōs | versī sīmus |
| vōs | versī sītis |
| iī | versī sint |
Pluperfect
| ego | versus essem |
| tū | versus essēs |
| is | versus esset |
| nōs | versī essēmus |
| vōs | versī essētis |
| iī | versī essent |
Verbs conjugated like 'verto'
accendo,
adverto,
animadverto,
antecello,
anteverto,
apprehendo,
ascendo,
avello,
averto,
avorto,
bibo,
combibo,
commemino,
comprehendo,
comprendo,
conscendo,
convello,
converto,
convorto,
defendo, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'verto'
averto,
certo,
everto,
vecto,
vergo,
verro,
verso,
veto,
vorto,
adverto,
Translations
Etymology
1. From Proto-Italic *wertō, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
2. 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 Irish dofortad (“to pour out”). See: Proto-Italic '
*wertō', Sanskrit '
वर्तते', Russian '
вертеть', Proto-Germanic '
*werþaną', Old English '
weorþan', English '
worth'.
Verbs referencing "verto"
Old Church Slavonic
врьтѣти, Russian
вернуть.
Additional Information
Cognates
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Sample Sentences
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tergum/terga vertere (be on the run, to escape)
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I call them otroverts—from otro, the Spanish word for “other,” and vertere, Latin for “to turn.” Otroverts are people who turn in a different direction: not inward like introverts, not outward like extroverts, but elsewhere. They turn toward something else entirely—independence, clarity, and observation. [2025 June 19, Rami Kaminski, “How Outsiders Can Thrive in a World That Wants Them to Fit In”, in Next Big Idea Club (in English):]
Vulgate Verses
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(Genesis 50:20) vos cogitastis de me malum et Deus vertit illud in bonum ut exaltaret me sicut inpraesentiarum cernitis et salvos faceret multos populos But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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(II Samuel 24:17) dixitque David ad Dominum cum vidisset angelum caedentem populum ego sum qui peccavi ego inique egi isti qui oves sunt quid fecerunt vertatur obsecro manus tua contra me et contra domum patris mei And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
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(I Reges 18:45) cumque se verterent huc atque illuc ecce caeli contenebrati sunt et nubes et ventus et facta est pluvia grandis ascendens itaque Ahab abiit in Hiezrahel And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
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(I Paralipomenon 21:17) dixitque David ad Deum nonne ego sum qui iussi ut numeraretur populus ego qui peccavi ego qui malum feci iste grex quid commeruit Domine Deus meus vertatur obsecro manus tua in me et in domum patris mei populus autem tuus non percutiatur And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
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(II Paralipomenon 36:4) constituitque regem pro eo Eliacim fratrem eius super Iudam et Hierusalem et vertit nomen eius Ioacim ipsum vero Ioachaz tulit secum et adduxit in Aegyptum And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
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(Esther 9:24) Aman enim filius Amadathi stirpis Agag hostis et adversarius Iudaeorum cogitavit contra eos malum ut occideret illos atque deleret et misit phur quod nostra lingua vertitur in sortem Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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(Job 28:2) ferrum de terra tollitur et lapis solutus calore in aes vertitur Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
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(Job 3:4) dies ille vertatur in tenebras non requirat eum Deus desuper et non inlustret lumine Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
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(Exodus 14:21) cumque extendisset Moses manum super mare abstulit illud Dominus flante vento vehementi et urente tota nocte et vertit in siccum divisaque est aqua And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
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(Exodus 7:9) cum dixerit vobis Pharao ostendite signa dices ad Aaron tolle virgam tuam et proice eam coram Pharao ac vertatur in colubrum When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.