(v. a.adv.) : rĕ-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a.
* To roll back; to unroll, unwind; to revolve, return (class.; esp. freq. since the Aug. per.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: Draco revolvens Sese, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: (pelagus) gelidum ab imo fluctum revolvit in partem superiorem,Col. 8, 17, 1: fluctus (hibernus auster),Tac. A. 6, 33: retro Aestum (ventus),Sen. Agam. 487: retro sua fila (Sorores),id. Herc. Fur. 182; cf.: inmites scis nulla revolvere Parcas Stamina,Stat. Th. 7, 774: lapidem,Vulg. Matt. 28, 2. — Poet.: (pontus) aestu revoluta resorbens Saxa,i. e. from which the waves are rolled back,Verg. A. 11, 627: addiderat Civilis obliquam in Rhenum molem, cujus objectu revolutus amnis adjacentibus superfunderetur,Tac. H. 5, 14: rursus perplexum iter omne revolvens Fallacis silvae,going over again,Verg. A. 9, 391: revoluta aequora,id. ib. 10, 660 Wagn.
* Trop.
* In partic., to unroll, turn over, read over, repeat (not ante-Aug.; syn. verso): tuas adversus te Origines revolvam,Liv. 34, 5: taedium illud et scripta et lecta saepius revolvendi,Quint. 11, 2, 41: cum loca jam recitata revolvimus irrevocati,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223: antiqua,Sil. 8, 49; Mart. 6, 64, 15; 11, 1, 4.
* In gen.: in iis, quae denominata sunt, summa paupertas in eadem nos frequentissime revolvit,leads back,Quint. 12, 10, 34: iterum revolvere casus Iliacos, to go through again, to undergo or experience again, Verg. A. 10, 61.
* Mid., to return to any thing; with in: in eandem vitam te revolutum denuo Video esse,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 69; cf.: in luxuriam,Just. 30, 1, 7: in metus,Sen. Thyest. 418: in ista,Ov. M. 10, 335: animus in sollicitudinem revolutus est,Curt. 4, 10, 31: iterum in pejora revolvi, Sil. 14, 174: rursus in veterem fato revoluta figuram,Verg. A. 6, 449.— With ad: omnia necessario a tempore atque homine ad communes rerum et generum summas revolventur,Cic. de Or 2, 31, 135: ad patris revolvor sententiam,id. Ac. 2, 48, 148: ad ejus causae seposita argumenta revolvi nos oportet,id. de Or 2, 30, 130: ad illa elementa,id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: ad dispensationem annonae,Liv. 4, 12 fin.: ad vana et totiens irrisa,Tac. A. 4, 9: ad memoriam conjugii et infantiam liberorum,id. ib. 11, 34: ad vitia,id. ib. 16, 18: ad irritum (labor et victoria),id. H. 3, 26: rursus ad superstitionem,Curt. 7, 7, 8.— With adv.: primum eodem revolveris,Cic. Div. 2, 5, 13: eo, quo minime volt, revolvitur,id. Ac. 2, 6, 18: cum majore periculo eodem revolvuntur,Cels. 7, 26, 2; cf.: eo revolvi rem, ut, etc.,Liv. 5, 11.
* In partic., to relate again, repeat; to brood or reflect upon (not anteAug.): sed quid ego haec nequicquam ingrata revolvo?Verg. A. 2, 101: facta,Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 35: dicta factaque ejus secum,Tac. Agr. 46: iras in animo,id. A. 4, 21; 3, 18: visa,Ov. F. 4, 667 (with secum jussa refert): curas (animus),Sen. Oedip. 764 (with repetit metus).