voluissem
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;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 1st - Entry →volo, velle, volui, -:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
wish, want, prefer; be willing, will;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...scripturam sprevissem in praesentia et in deterrendo voluissem operam sumere, ut in otio esset potiu' quam in negotio..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Quod non inservissem veritus opinionem iactantiae nisi probare voluissem in foro quoque esse his figuris locum. LXXV. Quaedam..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vocat, quod non biberim, permissurus fuit, si bibere voluissem. Quaeso itaque, iudices, delationis hodiernae penitus velitis perspicere causas..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inde agmen declinare voluissem, fecissetis. Mettius ille est ductor itineris huius, Mettius idem huius machinator belli, Mettius foederis..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...mediocrem voluptatem, quod hunc librum cum amicis recitare voluissem, non per codicillos, non per libellos, sed 'si commodum..."