voluisset
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. 3rd - Entry →volo, velle, volui, -:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
wish, want, prefer; be willing, will;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- C
Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...respondit: si quid Brutus de suis facultatibus uti voluisset, usurum, quantum hae paterentur: sed neque cum quoquam..." - C
Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...agendo bello consiliis eius parere voluisset, quam in suscipiendo instituerat, propius Tiberi quam Thermopylis de summa imperii dimicasset..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...filia nata, meretrix eam mater pudicam esse voluisset), vel quod humilior ipse fuerit (licet enim huic ducere..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quod suos quisque servos in tali re facere voluisset". Hoc eo est utilius quod saepe nihil placet..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...facilis reprehensio, cur illam potissimum partem corporis vulnerare voluisset, "quid enim faceret", inquit, "cum tu galeam et loricam..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quod suos quisque servos in tali re facere voluisset", interim paulo liberiore, qualis est illa: "nubit genero socrus..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...elementa tradi ab Aristotele summo eius aetatis philosopho voluisset, aut ille suscepisset hoc officium, si non studiorum initia..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...quadraginta annos nata sacerdotio abire ac nubere voluisset, ius ei potestasque exaugurandi atque nubendi facta est munificentiae..."
