volventibus
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;
abl. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pectore voces: 'summe sator, cui nostra dies volventibus annis tot peragit reficitque vices, tuane ista voluntas Graiaque nunc..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis? Certe hinc Romanos olim, volventibus annis, hinc fore ductores, revocato a sanguine Teucri..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...consilia, pro incerta spe certa praemia. Haec illis volventibus tandem vicit fortuna rei publicae. Itaque Q. Fabio Sangae..."