# verto
## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vertice and Latin vertex, perhaps also Russian верши́на (veršína).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈverto]
* Rhymes: -erto
* Hyphenation: ver‧to

### Noun

verto (accusative singular verton, plural vertoj, accusative plural vertojn)
* pate, top or crown of the head
** 2001, Sten Johansson, chapter 8, in Neĝo kaŝas nur…, Eld. Al-fab-et-o:La edzino verŝas kafon, dum la gasto okulkaresas ŝin de piedoj ĝis verto, precipe la mezajn partojn.His wife poured coffee, while the guest eyed her from feet to crown, especially the middle parts.

## Finnish
### Etymology

verta +‎ -o

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋerto/, [ˈʋe̞rt̪o̞]
* Rhymes: -erto
* Hyphenation: ver‧to

### Noun

verto (rare)
* Synonym of verta (“match”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of verto (Kotus type 1*K/valo, rt-rr gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vertoni
vertoni
accusative
nom.
vertoni
vertoni
gen.
vertoni
genitive
vertoni
vertojeni
partitive
vertoani
vertojani
inessive
verrossani
verroissani
elative
verrostani
verroistani
illative
vertooni
vertoihini
adessive
verrollani
verroillani
ablative
verroltani
verroiltani
allative
verrolleni
verroilleni
essive
vertonani
vertoinani
translative
verrokseni
verroikseni
abessive
verrottani
verroittani
instructive
comitative
—vertoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vertosi
vertosi
accusative
nom.
vertosi
vertosi
gen.
vertosi
genitive
vertosi
vertojesi
partitive
vertoasi
vertojasi
inessive
verrossasi
verroissasi
elative
verrostasi
verroistasi
illative
vertoosi
vertoihisi
adessive
verrollasi
verroillasi
ablative
verroltasi
verroiltasi
allative
verrollesi
verroillesi
essive
vertonasi
vertoinasi
translative
verroksesi
verroiksesi
abessive
verrottasi
verroittasi
instructive
comitative
—vertoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vertomme
vertomme
accusative
nom.
vertomme
vertomme
gen.
vertomme
genitive
vertomme
vertojemme
partitive
vertoamme
vertojamme
inessive
verrossamme
verroissamme
elative
verrostamme
verroistamme
illative
vertoomme
vertoihimme
adessive
verrollamme
verroillamme
ablative
verroltamme
verroiltamme
allative
verrollemme
verroillemme
essive
vertonamme
vertoinamme
translative
verroksemme
verroiksemme
abessive
verrottamme
verroittamme
instructive
comitative
—vertoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vertonne
vertonne
accusative
nom.
vertonne
vertonne
gen.
vertonne
genitive
vertonne
vertojenne
partitive
vertoanne
vertojanne
inessive
verrossanne
verroissanne
elative
verrostanne
verroistanne
illative
vertoonne
vertoihinne
adessive
verrollanne
verroillanne
ablative
verroltanne
verroiltanne
allative
verrollenne
verroillenne
essive
vertonanne
vertoinanne
translative
verroksenne
verroiksenne
abessive
verrottanne
verroittanne
instructive
comitative
—vertoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vertonsa
vertonsa
accusative
nom.
vertonsa
vertonsa
gen.
vertonsa
genitive
vertonsa
vertojensa
partitive
vertoaan vertoansa
vertojaan vertojansa
inessive
verrossaan verrossansa
verroissaan verroissansa
elative
verrostaan verrostansa
verroistaan verroistansa
illative
vertoonsa
vertoihinsa
adessive
verrollaan verrollansa
verroillaan verroillansa
ablative
verroltaan verroltansa
verroiltaan verroiltansa
allative
verrolleen verrollensa
verroilleen verroillensa
essive
vertonaan vertonansa
vertoinaan vertoinansa
translative
verrokseen verroksensa
verroikseen verroiksensa
abessive
verrottaan verrottansa
verroittaan verroittansa
instructive
comitative
—vertoineen vertoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* keskiverto

### Further reading

* “verto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

### Anagrams

* Tervo, revot, verot

## Galician
### Verb

verto
* first-person singular present indicative of verter

## Italian
### Verb

verto
* first-person singular present indicative of vertere

### Anagrams

* torve, trevo, vetro

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* vortō

### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wertō, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.
Cognates include Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “to turn”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙 (var$^ə$t), 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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯er.toː/, [ˈu̯ɛrt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈver.to/, [ˈvɛrt̪o]

### Verb

vertō (present infinitive vertere, perfect active vertī, supine versum); third conjugation
* to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
    Synonyms: versō, advertō, circumagō
    tergum/terga vertere ― be on the run, to escape
* to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy
    Synonyms: prōflīgō, impellō, subvertō, fundō, prōsternō, sternō, pervertō, ēvertō, dēturbō, afflīgō, dissipō, versō
* to be engaged in, be in a place or condition
    Synonyms: operor, exerceō, labōrō, versō
* to change, alter, transform
    Synonyms: mūtō, commūtō, versō, cōnferō
* to reverse (transitive)
* to exchange, interchange
* (of literary productions) to translate, turn into another language
    Synonym: trānsferō
* to retreat
    Synonyms: decedo, discedo, cedo, deficio, concēdō, excēdō, abscēdō, regredior, subtrahō, subdūcō, inclīnō, recēdō, āmoveō, recipiō, referō, facessō
    Antonyms: prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, ēvehō, incēdō, accēdō, adeō

#### Derived terms

* advertō
* āvertō
* circumvertō
* convertō
* dēvertō
* dīvertō
* ēvertō
* intervertō
* invertō
* obvertō
* oportet
* pervertō
* revertō, revertor
* subvertō
* trānsvertō
* versicapillus
* versicolor
* versiformis
* versilis
* versiō
* versipellis
* versō
* versōria
* versūra
* versus
* versūtus
* vertebra
* vertibilis
* vertīgō
* vortex, vertex

#### Related terms

* terga vertō

#### Descendants

* Italian: vertere
* Old French: vertir
* English: versus
* Old Galician-Portuguese: verter
** Galician: verter
** Portuguese: verter
* Old Spanish:
** Spanish: verter

### See also

* volvō

### References

* “verto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “verto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "verto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* verto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum to make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger: manum non vertere alicuius rei causa to make a thing ridiculous, turn it into a joke: aliquid in risum vertere all depends on this; this is the decisive point: in ea re omnia vertuntur I wish you all success in the matter: bene id tibi vertat! to reproach a person with..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vertere to translate from Greek into Latin: aliquid e graeco in latinum (sermonem) convertere, vertere, transferre to translate Plato: Platonem vertere, convertere to translate from Plato: ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferre to become an object of ridicule; to be laughed at: in ludibrium verti (Tac. Ann. 12. 26) to make a thing a matter of conscience, be scrupulous about a thing: aliquid religioni habere or in religionem vertere and may God grant success: quod deus bene vertat! to interpret something as an omen: accipere, vertere aliquid in omen to leave one's country (only used of exiles): solum vertere, mutare (Caecin. 34. 100) to reproach, blame a person for..: aliquid alicui crimini dare, vitio vertere (Verr. 5. 50) to flee, run away: terga vertere or dare

### Further reading

* “verto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

## Portuguese
### Verb

verto
* first-person singular present indicative of verter

## Venetan
### Alternative forms

* averto

### Etymology

From Latin apertus. Compare Friulian viert.

### Verb

verto m (feminine singular verta, masculine plural verti, feminine plural verte)
* past participle of verxar, past participle of vèrzar

### Adjective

verto (feminine singular verta, masculine plural verti, feminine plural verte)
* open

#### Derived terms

* vertaùra