volventes
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. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...habet in se corpora prima, unde mare inmensum volventes frigora fontes adsidue renovent, habet ignes unde oriantur..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...atque auribus fore. Has inanium rerum inanes ipsas volventes cogitationes fortunae loci delegaverant spes suas. Romani contra, ubicumque..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...castris visundi aut spoliandi gratia processerant, volventes hostilia cadavera amicum alii, pars hospitem aut cognatum reperiebant; fuere item..."