vertit

Vertit is a Latin verb form meaning "he/she/it turns." It is the third-person singular present active indicative of vertere, the verb "to turn." In classical Latin, vertit can describe a physical turning, a change of direction, or a shift in state, and it may take a direct object or be used with various prepositional phrases depending on the sense.

Vertere belongs to the third conjugation. In the present active indicative, its endings are typically -o, -is, -it, -imus, -itis, -unt, so vertit corresponds to the third-person singular form with the stem vert-. The standard principal parts for the verb are vertō, vertere, vertī, versus (the exact fourth part can appear as versum in the supine form, depending on the construction). The imperative singular is verte, not vertit, which helps distinguish present tense from command forms in context.

In use, vertit appears in sentences where something or someone turns. For example, vultus vertit ad dextram means “the face turns to the right,” and ille vertit caput meaning “he turns his head.” The verb can govern a direct object to indicate turning an object (verto librum, I turn the book) or be combined with different spatial phrases to express direction or change.

Origin and influence: vert- is a common Latin root meaning “turn” and yields numerous English derivatives such as convert, invert, revert, and vertical. These derivatives reflect the broad semantic range of turning, rotating, or changing direction or state that is central to the Latin verb vertō and its forms, including vertit.