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pervolvo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : per-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3
* To roll or tumble about (syn. voluto).
* Lit.: aliquem in luto,Ter. And. 4, 4, 38.—Mid., to roll one's self, to roll: in suo pervoluta sanguine,weltering,App. M. 8, p. 207, 22.
* Transf., to turn over a book, to read: Smyrnam incana diu saecula pervoluent,Cat. 95, 6.
* Trop., to be very busy or much engaged in any thing: ut in iis locis pervolvatur animus,Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149.
* To roll or tumble about (syn. voluto).
* Lit.: aliquem in luto,Ter. And. 4, 4, 38.—Mid., to roll one's self, to roll: in suo pervoluta sanguine,weltering,App. M. 8, p. 207, 22.
* Transf., to turn over a book, to read: Smyrnam incana diu saecula pervoluent,Cat. 95, 6.
* Trop., to be very busy or much engaged in any thing: ut in iis locis pervolvatur animus,Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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