roto

See also: rotó, rotò, and rōtō

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Clipping.

Noun

roto (countable and uncountable, plural rotos)

1. (countable, uncountable) Clipping of rotogravure.
2. (US, sports, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie baseball.
   • 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: confession of a fantasy football junkie:

     "But that's just not an exciting quote, so they put on that roto baseball guy saying disparaging things about fantasy football," Emil concedes, referring to a roto baseball expert that HBO interviewed for the piece […]

   • 1997, BGI bill, “Looking for Rules and Regulations for roto baseball league”, in pdaxs.sports.baseball (Usenet):

     Looking to find someone who has a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for Roto baseball.

3. (US, sports, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie sports.

Verb

roto (third-person singular simple present rotos, present participle rotoing, simple past and past participle rotoed)

1. (informal) Clipping of rotoscope.

Etymology 2

From Spanish roto.

Noun

roto (plural rotos)

1. (countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.

Anagrams

• Root, Toor, Toro, root, toro, troo

'Are'are

Noun

roto

1. fruit

Verb

roto

1. to swim

Synonyms

• (to swim): para'au

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈro.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈro.to]

Etymology 1

Verb

roto

1. first-person singular present indicative of rotar (“to belch”)

Etymology 2

Verb

roto

1. first-person singular present indicative of rotar (“to rotate, to turn”)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish roto (“broken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroto/, [ˈro.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: ro‧to

Adjective

roto

1. torn

Esperanto

Greek Alphabet

Ρρ	Previous:	pio kopo
	Next:	sigmo

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

Roto

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥῶ (rhô, “the letter Ρ”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroto/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Hyphenation: ro‧to

Noun

roto (accusative singular roton, plural rotoj, accusative plural rotojn)

1. rho

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rota, French roue, Italian ruota, Spanish rueda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroto/

Noun

roto (plural roti)

1. wheel

Derived terms

• quarrota veturo (“four-wheeled vehicle”)
• rotaro (“wheels, wheel works, wheel movement”)
• rotatre marchar (“to go heels over head”)
• roteskarto (“gauge: distance between the wheels”)
• roto-tormentar (“to break (on a wheel)”)
• rotofelgo (“felloe, felly, rim”)
• rotonabo (“hub, nave”)
• rotosulko (“rut”)

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rotō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

roto

1. grove

Inflection

Even o-stem, t-đ gradation
Nominative	roto
Genitive	rođo
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	roto	rođoh
Accusative	rođo	rođoid
Genitive	rođo	rođoi
Illative	roton	rođoid
Locative	roođoost	rođoin
Comitative	rođoin	rođoiguin
Abessive	rođottáá	rođoittáá
Essive	rottoon
Partitive	rottood
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• roto in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎, Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Italian

Verb

roto

1. first-person singular present indicative of rotare

Anagrams

• Toro, orto, orto-, toro

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rotāō. Equivalent to rota (“wheel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɔ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɔː.t̪o]

Verb

rotō (present infinitive rotāre, perfect active rotāvī, supine rotātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive and intransitive) to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish

Conjugation

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	rotō		rotās		rotat		rotāmus		rotātis		rotant
	imperfect	rotābam		rotābās		rotābat		rotābāmus		rotābātis		rotābant
	future	rotābō		rotābis		rotābit		rotābimus		rotābitis		rotābunt
	perfect	rotāvī		rotāvistī		rotāvit		rotāvimus		rotāvistis		rotāvērunt, rotāvēre
	pluperfect	rotāveram		rotāverās		rotāverat		rotāverāmus		rotāverātis		rotāverant
	future perfect	rotāverō		rotāveris		rotāverit		rotāverimus		rotāveritis		rotāverint
passive	present	rotor		rotāris, rotāre		rotātur		rotāmur		rotāminī		rotantur
	imperfect	rotābar		rotābāris, rotābāre		rotābātur		rotābāmur		rotābāminī		rotābantur
	future	rotābor		rotāberis, rotābere		rotābitur		rotābimur		rotābiminī		rotābuntur
	perfect	rotātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	rotātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	rotātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	rotem		rotēs		rotet		rotēmus		rotētis		rotent
	imperfect	rotārem		rotārēs		rotāret		rotārēmus		rotārētis		rotārent
	perfect	rotāverim		rotāverīs		rotāverit		rotāverīmus		rotāverītis		rotāverint
	pluperfect	rotāvissem		rotāvissēs		rotāvisset		rotāvissēmus		rotāvissētis		rotāvissent
passive	present	roter		rotēris, rotēre		rotētur		rotēmur		rotēminī		rotentur
	imperfect	rotārer		rotārēris, rotārēre		rotārētur		rotārēmur		rotārēminī		rotārentur
	perfect	rotātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	rotātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		rotā		—		—		rotāte		—
	future	—		rotātō		rotātō		—		rotātōte		rotantō
passive	present	—		rotāre		—		—		rotāminī		—
	future	—		rotātor		rotātor		—		—		rotantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		rotāre			rotārī			rotāns			—
future		rotātūrum esse			rotātum īrī			rotātūrus			rotandus
perfect		rotāvisse			rotātum esse			—			rotātus
future perfect		—			rotātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		rotātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		rotandī		rotandō		rotandum		rotandō		rotātum		rotātū

   Conjugation of rotō (first conjugation)

Derived terms

• circumrotō
• rotātilis
• rotātim
• rotātiō
• rotātor
• rotātus
• rotundus

Related terms

• rota
• rotābilis
• rotālis
• rotula
• rotundātiō
• rotundē
• rotundifolius
• rotunditās
• rotundō
• rotundula
• rotundus

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Catalan: rodar
  • French: rouer
  • Galician: rodar
  • Italian: ruotare, rotare
  • Occitan: rodar
    • → French: rôder
  • Portuguese: rodar
  • Spanish: rodar
• Borrowed:
  • → Danish: rotere
  • → Dutch: roteren
  • → English: rotate
    • → Finnish: rotatoida
  • → Galician: rotar
  • → German: rotieren
  • → Portuguese: rotar
  • → Spanish: rotar
    • → Catalan: rotar

References

• “roto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “roto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• roto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• roto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016