adverto

Latin

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

1. to turn to or towards

   Synonym: vertō

2. to steer or pilot (a ship)
3. (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

Conjugation of advertō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adverte	—	—	advertite	—
	future	—	advertitō	advertitō	—	advertitōte	advertuntō
passive	present	—	advertere	—	—	advertiminī	—
	future	—	advertitor	advertitor	—	—	advertuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		advertere	advertisse	adversūrum esse	advertī	adversum esse	adversum īrī
participles		advertēns	—	adversūrus	—	adversus	advertendus, advertundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		advertendī	advertendō	advertendum	advertendō	adversum	adversū

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to turn one's eyes (ears, attention) towards an object: oculos (aures, animum) advertere ad aliquid