convolvunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convolvo, convolvere, convolvi, convolutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
roll/whirl together/round; carry/sweep away; roll up/coil/twist; enfold; writhe;; fasten together, interweave, interlace; unroll and roll up (scroll), look up;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...mittunt, quaerentesque viam circum versantur et ignis semina convolvunt [e] nubibus atque ita cogunt multa rotantque cavis flammam..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...omnia concuterent, concutiebantur turbinum more, qui rapta convolvunt sed ipsi ante volvuntur et ob hoc maiore impetu incurrunt..."