volutae
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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...erit hic, nuntiabo. sed quid est, Palaestrio, quod volutas tute tecum in corde? Pal. Paulisper tace..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...mors accumulabat. multa siti prostrata viam per proque voluta corpora silanos ad aquarum strata iacebant interclusa anima nimia..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ferre non possum. Haec in animo voluta, quae saepe audisti, saepe dixisti; sed an vere audieris, an vere..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...genitoris amore, ut vidit, Lausus, lacrimaeque per ora volutae— hic mortis durae casum tuaque optima facta..."