advolutas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →advolvo, advolvere, advolvi, advolutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
roll to/towards; fall on knees (genibus advolvor), grovel, prostrate oneself;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...filii morte rationem. at mulier infelix clusis advoluta foribus cruentumque secretum toto corpore effringens velut super busta tumulosque..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Pastoris, cum mihi quiescenti visa est socrus mea advoluta genibus ne agerem obsecrare; et eram acturus adulescentulus adhuc..."