vŏlūbĭ-lĭter

vŏlūbĭlis, e, adj. [volvo], that is turned round or (more freq.) that turns itself round, turning, spinning, whirling, circling, rolling, revolving.

Lit.:

buxum,

i. e. a top, Verg. A. 7, 382:

caelum,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.:

sol,

Prud. Cath. 3 praef.:

nexus (anguis),

Ov. M. 3, 41:

volubilis et rotundus deus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 46:

figurae aquae,

Lucr. 3, 190:

procursus,

id. 2, 455:

aquae,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 40; cf.:

labitur (sc. amnis), et labetur in omne volubilis aevum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

aurum,

i. e. the golden apple, Ov. M. 10, 667; cf. id. H. 20, 209:

electrum,

Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 42:

pila,

App. M. 2, p. 116.—

Trop.

Of speech, rapid, fluent, voluble (the figure taken from rolling waters):

vis volubilis orationis,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

oratio,

Cic. Brut. 28, 108:

rotunda volubilisque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 4.— Transf., of the speaker:

homo volubilis quādam praecipiti celeritate dicendi,

Cic. Fl. 20, 48; id. Brut. 27, 105; id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 617 P.—

Of fate, changeable, mutable:

vaga volubilisque fortuna,

Cic. Mil. 26, 69; cf.:

cum videamus tot varietates tam volubili orbe circumagi,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6:

fortunae volubiles casus,

Amm. 22, 1, 1:

volubilium casuum diritas,

id. 26, 1, 3.— Adv.: vŏlūbĭ-lĭter.

Swiftly rolling, spinning, Amm. 20, 11, 26; cf. Non. p. 4, 1.—

Trop., of speech, rapidly, fluently, volubly:

funditur numerose et volubiliter oratio,

Cic. Or. 62, 210.

vŏlūbĭlis, e, adj. [volvo], that is turned round or (more freq.) that turns itself round, turning, spinning, whirling, circling, rolling, revolving.

Lit.:

buxum,

i. e. a top, Verg. A. 7, 382:

caelum,

Cic. Univ. 6 fin.:

sol,

Prud. Cath. 3 praef.:

nexus (anguis),

Ov. M. 3, 41:

volubilis et rotundus deus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 46:

figurae aquae,

Lucr. 3, 190:

procursus,

id. 2, 455:

aquae,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 40; cf.:

labitur (sc. amnis), et labetur in omne volubilis aevum,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 43:

aurum,

i. e. the golden apple, Ov. M. 10, 667; cf. id. H. 20, 209:

electrum,

Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 42:

pila,

App. M. 2, p. 116.—

Trop.

Of speech, rapid, fluent, voluble (the figure taken from rolling waters):

vis volubilis orationis,

Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

oratio,

Cic. Brut. 28, 108:

rotunda volubilisque sententia,

Gell. 11, 13, 4.— Transf., of the speaker:

homo volubilis quādam praecipiti celeritate dicendi,

Cic. Fl. 20, 48; id. Brut. 27, 105; id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 617 P.—

Of fate, changeable, mutable:

vaga volubilisque fortuna,

Cic. Mil. 26, 69; cf.:

cum videamus tot varietates tam volubili orbe circumagi,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 6:

fortunae volubiles casus,

Amm. 22, 1, 1:

volubilium casuum diritas,

id. 26, 1, 3.— Adv.: vŏlūbĭ-lĭter.

Swiftly rolling, spinning, Amm. 20, 11, 26; cf. Non. p. 4, 1.—

Trop., of speech, rapidly, fluently, volubly:

funditur numerose et volubiliter oratio,

Cic. Or. 62, 210.