voluimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →volvo, volvere, volvi, volutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
roll, cause to roll; travel in circle/circuit; bring around/about; revolve;; envelop, wrap up; unroll (scroll); recite, reel off; turn over (in mind);; roll along/forward; (PASS) move sinuously (snake); grovel, roll on ground;
pl. perf. act. ind. 1stpl. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →volo, velle, volui, -:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
wish, want, prefer; be willing, will;
pl. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dicis facta hau nego. nos profecto probe ut voluimus viximus. sed, Simo, ita nunc ventus navem deseruit..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nebula constat, cadunt volnerum vi viri. denique, ut voluimus, nostra superat manus: hostes crebri cadunt, nostri contra ingruont..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...pacto haud poterat fieri ut sciret haec quae voluimus. MY. praediceres. DA. paullum interesse censes ex animo omnia..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Vale. LXI. SENECA LUCILIO SUO SALUTEM Desinamus quod voluimus velle. Ego certe id ago senex eadem velim quae..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fingimus et inpune, quia pro facto est quidquid voluimus; non admittit hoc idem veritas, egregieque Cassius dicenti adulescentulo..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...sunt in legione IIII et VI, ad te voluimus in tuaque praesidia confugere. Sed custodiis equitum Numidarum..."
