(verb) : vŏlūto, āvi, ātum, 1, and n. id.
* To roll, turn, twist, or tumble about.
* Act.
* Lit.
* Neutr., to roll or tumble one's self (very rare): leone obvio suppliciter volutante,Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 56; so id. 35, 11, 40, § 140 (cf. I. A. 1. b. fin. supra).
* Trop., to roll, roll about, roll along, etc.; to roll, wallow.
* In partic., in mal. part., Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140; Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Petr. 79; Just. 12, 16, 2; Tert. ad Uxor. 9.
* In gen.: vocem per ampla atria,to roll, spread,Verg. A. 1, 725; so, vocem,id. ib. 5, 149: murmura,id. ib. 10, 98: confusa verba. Ov. M. 12, 55.— Mid.: cum omnes in omni genere et scelerum et flagitiorum volutentur,wallow,Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1: in omni dedecore,Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19: inter mala plurima,Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 4.
* In partic.
* To busy, occupy (of the mind): animum saepe tacitis cogitationibus,Liv. 9, 17, 2: in veteribus scriptis studiose et multum volutatum esse,Cic. de Or. 3, 10, 39; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4.
* To turn over or revolve in the mind; to consider, weigh, ponder: rem in pectore,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 1: gladios in comisationem praeparatos volutabam in animo,Liv. 40, 13, 4: haec secum volutantem in animo,id. 42, 11, 5: hoc eum jam pridem volutare in animo,id. 28, 18, 11: haec in animo voluta,Sen. Ep. 24, 15; cf.: in pectore volutare,Lact. 7, 16, 4: ipse quid intra animum volutaverim ... omittam referre,Tac. A. 4, 40: nihil umquam nisi sempiternum et divinum animo volutare,Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28: aliud atque aliud consilium animo,Curt. 5, 12, 10; Tac. H. 2, 49; Sen. Cons. Marc. 11, 5: aliquid mente,Lucr. 3, 240: tacitus mecum ipse voluto,Verg. E. 9, 37: inter seque,Ov. M. 1, 389: multa secum animo volutans,Liv. 40, 8, 5: haec secum volutans,id. 30, 14, 3; 26, 7, 3: secum corde,Verg. A. 4, 533: suo cum corde,id. ib. 6, 185: aliquid in secreto cum amicis,to consider, discuss,Liv. 34, 36, 4: consilia de Romano bello,id. 34, 60, 2: quibus suā sponte volutantibus res inter se repugnantes obtorpuerant animi,id. 32, 20, 2.