volvat
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. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...agam. primum res multas esse necessest unde fluens volvat varius se fluctus odorum, et fluere et mitti volgo..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...undis litora, non, tantas quamvis Tyrrhenus et Aegon volvat aquas, geminis tot desint Syrtibus undae. nam super..."
