volventia
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 VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...unum cuncta ferantur, omnia coniciens in eum volventia cursum. Forsitan ex ipso veniens trahat aeëre quaedam corpora, quae..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...labi corporis ulla. multaque per caelum solis volventia lustra volgivago vitam tractabant more ferarum. nec robustus erat curvi..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ignem liquidarum adspergine aquarum, pectora sic intus clausas volventia flammas gutturaque usta sonant; tamen illis Aesone natus obvius..."