volutus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...respexit ad urbem. Ecce autem flammis inter tabulata volutus ad caelum undabat vertex turrimque tenebat, turrim compactis trabibus..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...intercipit, optime Teuthra, te fugiens fratremque Tyren, curruque volutus caedit semianimis Rutulorum calcibus arva. ac velut optato ventis..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...lapide, qui cum de prona praeceps est valle volutus, per medium densi transit iter populi, dulce viatori lasso..."