volvebat
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. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vero vitai claustra lababant. spiritus ore foras taetrum volvebat odorem, rancida quo perolent proiecta cadavera ritu. atque animi..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...vehementer eo negotio permotus multa cum animo suo volvebat. Terrebat eum natura mortalium avida imperi et praeceps..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...militum animus in gaudium aut formidine permotus: bellum volvebat. Gallis cunctatio exempta est: in Othonem ac Vitellium odium..."