volute
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;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...moenibus arma induimus. quo versa fides? quos vestra volutant iussa dolos? alium hic Pelian, alia aequora cerno. quin..."- P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...flamina prima cum deprensa fremunt silvis et caeca volutant murmura venturos nautis prodentia ventos. tum pater omnipotens, rerum..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...virum studiisque faventum consonat omne nemus, vocemque inclusa volutant litora, pulsati colles clamore resultant. Effugit ante alios primisque..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vina coronant. Fit strepitus tectis, vocemque per ampla volutant atria; dependent lychni laquearibus aureis incensi, et noctem flammis..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...obscura latebris verba datae sortis secum inter seque volutant. inde Promethides placidis Epimethida dictis mulcet et 'aut fallax..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...veris passim commenta vagantur milia rumorum confusaque verba volutant; e quibus hi vacuas inplent sermonibus aures, hi narrata..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...obscura latebris verba datae sortis secum inter seque volutant. inde Promethides placidis Epimethida dictis mulcet et 'aut fallax..."