volventem
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...faciat rem quamque videre, non Tyrrhena retro volventem carmina frustra indicia occultae divum perquirere mentis, unde volans ignis..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...medius fratrisque sui maestaeque sororis Iuppiter ex aequo volventem dividit annum: nunc dea, regnorum numen commune duorum..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...impetrata esset credebant. Ipsum regem tradunt volventem commentarios Numae, cum ibi quaedam occulta sollemnia sacrificia Iovi Elicio facta..."