LAT
provolvo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : prō-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3
* Lit.
* In gen., to roll or tumble forwards, to roll along, roll over and over, roll away (class., but not in Cic.): aliquem in viam mediam,Ter. And. 4, 4, 37: corpora,Lucr. 6, 1264: ubi glaeba e terrā provolvitur ingens,id. 6, 553: cupas ardentes in opera,Hirt. B. G. 8, 42: congestas lapidum moles,Tac. A. 4, 51: Galba projectus e sellā ac provolutus est,id. H. 1, 41; Verg. A. 12, 533; 10, 556.
* Trop., to snatch away, carry away, hurry on (post-Aug.): multi fortunis provolvebantur,i. e. are ruined,Tac. A. 6, 17.
* Mid., to humble one's self: usque ad libita Pallantis provoluta,submitting to the desires of,Tac. A. 14, 2: provolutus effususque in iram,Gell. 1, 26, 7.
* Lit.
* In gen., to roll or tumble forwards, to roll along, roll over and over, roll away (class., but not in Cic.): aliquem in viam mediam,Ter. And. 4, 4, 37: corpora,Lucr. 6, 1264: ubi glaeba e terrā provolvitur ingens,id. 6, 553: cupas ardentes in opera,Hirt. B. G. 8, 42: congestas lapidum moles,Tac. A. 4, 51: Galba projectus e sellā ac provolutus est,id. H. 1, 41; Verg. A. 12, 533; 10, 556.
* Trop., to snatch away, carry away, hurry on (post-Aug.): multi fortunis provolvebantur,i. e. are ruined,Tac. A. 6, 17.
* Mid., to humble one's self: usque ad libita Pallantis provoluta,submitting to the desires of,Tac. A. 14, 2: provolutus effususque in iram,Gell. 1, 26, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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