LAT
rotundo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : rŏtundo, āvi, ātum, 1, rotundus
* To make round, to round off, round (syn. torno).
* Lit. (class.): cum similem universitatis naturae efficere vellet, ad volubilitatem rotundavit,Cic. Univ. 10: tignum ad circinum,Vitr. 10, 11, 1: vasculum in modum papillae,App. M. 11, p. 262, 9: orbem solis (with curvare aequaliter),Vell. 2, 59, 6: se (flamma),Mel. 1, 18, 4.—Mid.: herbae in caulem rotundantur,Plin. 21, 17, 66, § 106.
* Trop., of style, etc., to round off, elaborate, (very rare): elegos acutos ac rotundatos hendecasyllabos elucubrare, rounded, i. e. smooth, polished, Sid. Ep. 8, 4. —Of a sum of money, to make up, complete (cf. corrotundo): mille talenta rotundentur,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 34.
* To make round, to round off, round (syn. torno).
* Lit. (class.): cum similem universitatis naturae efficere vellet, ad volubilitatem rotundavit,Cic. Univ. 10: tignum ad circinum,Vitr. 10, 11, 1: vasculum in modum papillae,App. M. 11, p. 262, 9: orbem solis (with curvare aequaliter),Vell. 2, 59, 6: se (flamma),Mel. 1, 18, 4.—Mid.: herbae in caulem rotundantur,Plin. 21, 17, 66, § 106.
* Trop., of style, etc., to round off, elaborate, (very rare): elegos acutos ac rotundatos hendecasyllabos elucubrare, rounded, i. e. smooth, polished, Sid. Ep. 8, 4. —Of a sum of money, to make up, complete (cf. corrotundo): mille talenta rotundentur,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 34.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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