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1 involute
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2 involvo
I.Lit.:B.Ossae frondosum involvere Olympum,
Verg. G, 1, 282:montes,
Ov. M. 12, 507:silvas, armenta secum,
to sweep away with it, Verg. A. 12, 689:miser involvitur In caput,
id. ib. 292.—Transf., to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve:C.se foliis ac frondibus,
Lucr. 5, 970:aliquid corpori,
Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77:sinistras sagis,
Caes. B. C. 1, 75:caput flammeolo,
Petr. 26:se farinā,
Phaedr. 4, 1, 23:involvi fumo,
Ov. M. 2, 232:vestimentis,
Cels. 2, 17:manum amiculo,
Just. 15, 3, 8:totum involvit flammis nemus,
Verg. G. 2, 308:fit quoque ut involvat venti se nubibus ipse vortex,
Lucr. 6, 442:nec densae trepidis apium se involvere nubes cessarunt aquilis,
Sil. 8, 635.—To cover, overwhelm:II.Auster aqua involvens navemque virosque,
Verg. A. 6, 336:stagnante vado patulos involvere campos,
Sil. 6, 143; 12, 622:eos in mediis fluctibus,
Vulg. Deut. 14, 27:non vox et mutui hortatus juvabant adversante unda... cuncta pari violentia involvebantur,
Tac. A. 1, 70.—Trop., to inwrap, wrap, infold, envelop, surround: se litteris, i. e. to devote one ' s self to, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3:pacis nomine bellum involutum,
id. Phil. 7, 6, 19:obscuris vera,
Verg. A. 6, 100:se suā virtute,
Hor. C. 3, 29, 54:se otio,
Plin. Ep. 7, 3: se laqueis insidiosae interrogationis, to involve or entangle themselves, id. ib. 1, 5:ut si qua iniquitas involveretur,
Tac. A. 3, 63:fraudibus involuti,
id. ib. 16, 32.— Hence, invŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., involved, intricate, obscure:res involutas definiendo explicare,
Cic. Or. 29, 102:philosophiam a rebus occultis et ab ipsa natura involutis avocare,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 15:res omnium involutissima,
Sen. Q. N. 6, 5, 3. — Adv.: invŏlūtē, obscurely (post-class.):queri,
Spart. Car. 2.
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