AMUS

wr. amuš; a-muš "?"

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[ dio ] to entertain, amus

wr. amuš; a-muš "?"

volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 ( inf. pass. volvier, Lucr. 5, 714), v. a. [Sanscr. varas, circumference; Gr. eluô, to wrap; root Wel-], 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.—

In partic.

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.—

Trop., to roll, roll along, roll off or onwards, etc.

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 [p. 2014] 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.

ἐνοπλ-ισμός, ὁ, mistranslation of Hebr.

A hōmeš 'belly' ([hudot ]āmuš = 'in battle-array'), Aq.2 Ki.2.23,3.27.