(v. a.P. a.) : in-volvo, vi, ūtum, 3, v. a.
* To roll to or upon any thing.
* Lit.: Ossae frondosum involvere Olympum,Verg. G, 1, 282: montes,Ov. M. 12, 507: silvas, armenta secum,to sweep away with it,Verg. A. 12, 689: miser involvitur In caput,id. ib. 292.
* Transf., to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve: se foliis ac frondibus,Lucr. 5, 970: aliquid corpori,Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: sinistras sagis,Caes. B. C. 1, 75: caput flammeolo,Petr. 26: se farinā,Phaedr. 4, 1, 23: involvi fumo,Ov. M. 2, 232: vestimentis,Cels. 2, 17: manum amiculo,Just. 15, 3, 8: totum involvit flammis nemus,Verg. G. 2, 308: fit quoque ut involvat venti se nubibus ipse vortex,Lucr. 6, 442: nec densae trepidis apium se involvere nubes cessarunt aquilis,Sil. 8, 635.
* Trop., to inwrap, wrap, infold, envelop, surround: se litteris, i. e. to devote one's self to, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3: pacis nomine bellum involutum,id. Phil. 7, 6, 19: obscuris vera,Verg. A. 6, 100: se suā virtute,Hor. C. 3, 29, 54: se otio,Plin. Ep. 7, 3: se laqueis insidiosae interrogationis, to involve or entangle themselves, id. ib. 1, 5: ut si qua iniquitas involveretur,Tac. A. 3, 63: fraudibus involuti,id. ib. 16, 32.— Hence, invŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., involved, intricate, obscure: res involutas definiendo explicare,Cic. Or. 29, 102: philosophiam a rebus occultis et ab ipsa natura involutis avocare,id. Ac. 1, 4, 15: res omnium involutissima,Sen. Q. N. 6, 5, 3. — Adv.: invŏlūtē, obscurely (post-class.): queri,Spart. Car. 2.

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