adverto

Alternative forms

advortō

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *adwertō. Equivalent to ad- +‎ vertō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /adˈu̯er.toː/, [äd̪ˈu̯ɛrt̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈver.to/, [äd̪ˈvɛrt̪o]

Verb

advertō (present infinitive advertere, perfect active advertī, supine adversum); third conjugation

to turn to or towards
Synonym: vertō
to steer or pilot (a ship)
(figuratively) to turn the mind to, give attention or draw attention to, attend
Synonyms: intendō, attendō, animadvertō, adversō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.116:
  “[...] paucīs, adverte, docēbō.”
  “[...] With a few [words] — pay attention — I shall explain.”

Conjugation

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	advertō	advertis		advertit	advertimus	advertitis		advertunt
	imperfect	advertēbam	advertēbās		advertēbat	advertēbāmus	advertēbātis		advertēbant
	future	advertam	advertēs		advertet	advertēmus	advertētis		advertent
	perfect	advertī	advertistī		advertit	advertimus	advertistis		advertērunt, advertēre
	pluperfect	adverteram	adverterās		adverterat	adverterāmus	adverterātis		adverterant
	future perfect	adverterō	adverteris		adverterit	adverterimus	adverteritis		adverterint
passive	present	advertor	adverteris, advertere		advertitur	advertimur	advertiminī		advertuntur
	imperfect	advertēbar	advertēbāris, advertēbāre		advertēbātur	advertēbāmur	advertēbāminī		advertēbantur
	future	advertar	advertēris, advertēre		advertētur	advertēmur	advertēminī		advertentur
	perfect	adversus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adversus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adversus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	advertam	advertās		advertat	advertāmus	advertātis		advertant
	imperfect	adverterem	adverterēs		adverteret	adverterēmus	adverterētis		adverterent
	perfect	adverterim	adverterīs		adverterit	adverterīmus	adverterītis		adverterint
	pluperfect	advertissem	advertissēs		advertisset	advertissēmus	advertissētis		advertissent
passive	present	advertar	advertāris, advertāre		advertātur	advertāmur	advertāminī		advertantur
	imperfect	adverterer	adverterēris, adverterēre		adverterētur	adverterēmur	adverterēminī		adverterentur
	perfect	adversus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adversus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	adverte		—	—	advertite		—
active	future	—	advertitō		advertitō	—	advertitōte		advertuntō
passive	present	—	advertere		—	—	advertiminī		—
passive	future	—	advertitor		advertitor	—	—		advertuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		advertere		advertī		advertēns		—
future		adversūrum esse		adversum īrī		adversūrus		advertendus, advertundus
perfect		advertisse		adversum esse		—		adversus
future perfect		—		adversum fore		—		—
perfect potential		adversūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		advertendī	advertendō		advertendum	advertendō	adversum		adversū

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Conjugation of advertō (third conjugation)

Derived terms

animadvertō

Descendants

Catalan: advertir
French: avertir
Galician: advertir
Italian: avvertire
Mirandese: adbertir
Portuguese: advertir
Sicilian: abbèrtiri
Spanish: advertir

References

“adverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“adverto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
adverto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object: oculos (aures, animum) advertere ad aliquid

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