(verb) : volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (
* Inf. pass. volvier, Lucr. 5, 714), Sanscr. varas, circumference; Gr. ἐλύω, to wrap; root ϝελ-, to roll, turn about, turn round, tumble any thing.
* Lit.
* In gen.: (amnis) volvit sub undis Grandia saxa,Lucr. 1, 288; Verg. A. 11, 529; Ov. Ib. 173: flumen lapides volvens,Hor. C. 3, 29, 38: beluas cum fluctibus (procellae),Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 5: vortices (flumen),Hor. C. 2, 9, 22: fumum caligine (ventus),Lucr. 6, 691: oculos huc illuc,Verg. A. 4, 363: oculos per singula,id. ib. 8, 618: filum,Varr. L. L. 5, § 114 Müll. volvendi sunt libri, to unroll, i. e. open, Cic. Brut. 87, 298: Tyrrhena carmina retro,Lucr. 6, 381 (hence, volumen, in the signif. of roll, book, volume, v. h. v. I.): semineces volvit multos,rolls in the dust, fells to the ground,Verg. A. 12, 329 et saep.
* Trop., to roll, roll along, roll off or onwards, etc.
* To roll up or together, form by rolling: pilas,Plin. 30, 11, 30, § 99; cf.: qui terga dederant, conversi in hostem volventesque orbem, etc.,forming a circle,Liv. 22, 29, 5: jam orbem volventes suos increpans,id. 4, 28, 3.
* To breathe, exhale, etc. (poet.): vitalis aëris auras Volvere in ore,Lucr. 6, 1225: (equus) Collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem,Verg. G. 3, 85.
* Mid., to turn or roll itself round about, to turn or roll along: nobis caenum teterrima quom sit Spurcities, eadem subus haec jucunda videtur, Insatiabiliter toti ut volvantur ibidem,Lucr. 6, 978: ille (anguis) inter vestes et levia pectora lapsus Volvitur,Verg. A. 7, 349: cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putant,Cic. Fat. 18, 42: illi qui volvuntur stellarum cursus sempiterni,id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: excussus curru moribundus volvitur arvis,rolls,Verg. A. 10, 590: volvi humi,id. ib. 11, 640: volvitur Euryalus leto,id. ib. 9, 433: lacrimae volvuntur inanes,roll, flow,id. ib. 4, 449.— Part.: volventia plaustra,Verg. G. 1, 163.
* In gen.: volvere curarum tristes in pectore fluctus,Lucr. 6, 34: magnos fluctus irarum,id. 6, 74: ingentes iras in pectore,Liv. 35, 18, 6: tot volvere casus Insignem pietate virum,i. e. to undergo so many misfortunes,Verg. A. 1, 9; cf.: satis diu saxum hoc volvo,Ter. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 55: (lunam) celerem pronos Volvere menses,in rolling on,Hor. C. 4, 6, 40; cf.: volvendis mensibus,Verg. A. 1, 269: has omnis (animas) ubi mille rotam volvere per annos,i. e. completed the cycle,id. ib. 6, 748; and neutr.: volventibus annis,with revolving years, after the lapse of years,id. ib. 1, 234; cf.: volventia lustra,Lucr. 5, 928: volvens annus,Ov. M. 5, 565: sic fata deum rex Sortitur volvitque vices,fixes the series of revolving events,Verg. A. 3, 376; cf.: sic volvere Parcas,id. ib. 1, 22: M. Pontidius celeriter sane verba volvens,rolling off,Cic. Brut. 70, 246: sententias facile verbis,id. ib. 81, 280 longissima est complexio verborum, quae volvi uno spiritu potest, id. de Or. 3, 47, 182: ne verba traic amus aperte, quo melius aut cadat aut volvatur oratio,be rounded, form periods,id. Or. 69, 229.
* In partic., to turn over or revolve in the mind; to ponder, meditate, or reflect upon, consider (cf. verso): multa cum animo suo volvebat,Sall. J. 6, 2; 108, 3: multa secum,id. C. 32, 1; id. J. 113, 1; Liv. 26, 7, 3: immensa omnia animo,id. 2, 49, 5; Tac. H. 1, 30; Suet. Vesp. 5: bellum in animo,Liv. 42, 5, 1: in pectore,id. 35, 18, 6: has inanium rerum inanes ipsas volventes cogitationes,id. 6, 28, 7; 34, 60, 2; 32, 20, 2; Curt. 10, 5, 15: incerta consilia,id. 10, 8, 7; 5, 9, 3: bellum adversus nos,Tac. A. 3, 38: Fauni sub pectore sortem,Verg. A. 7, 254: haec illis volventibus tandem vicit fortuna reipublicae, Sall. C. 41, 3: subinde hoc in animo volve,Sen. Ep. 13, 13: secretas cogitationes intra se,Curt. 10, 8, 9: adeo ut plerumque intra me ipsum volvam,Tac. A. 14, 53: regna tecum volvis,Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1: mente aliquid,Lact. Epit. 60, 13.