per diaeresin

ai, in old Lat., corresponding to ae: AIDILIS, CAISAR, AITERNOS, for Aedilis, Caesar, aeternus; also, still later, sometimes in the poets in the termination of the genitive of the first decl.; but, as in Enn. and Lucr., per diaeresin always dissyl. with long penult:

furit intus aquāï,

Verg. A. 7, 464:

aurāï simplicis ignem,

id. ib. 6, 747:

terrāï frugiferāï,

Mart. 11, 91, 5; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 18; Spauld. Prisc. 728; Prob. 1438; Vel. Long. 2222; Mart. Vict. 2460 P.—In prim. syllables, as in voc. Gaĭ, ăi could not be changed to ae if i was an ending; but i was changed to i cons., when the word received accession, e. g. Gaius. —When a conson. followed ai, as in CNAIVOS for GNAIWOS (v. the Epitaphs of the Scipios, in the Append.), ae was written at a later per., as Gnaeus; hence from Graïos both Graecus and Graius; from Aiakos, Aeacus, and Aiax, for Aias, were formed; just as Achaeus or Achivus with Achaĭus or Achaĭcus was used.

* ai = ai, interj., denoting grief, ah! alas! Ov. M. 10, 215.

ai, imper., from aio.

ē-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 ( per diaeresin ēvŏlŭam, Cat. 66, 74:

ēvŏlŭisse,

Ov. H. 12, 4), v. a., to roll out, roll forth; to unroll, unfold (class.).

Lit.:

(vis venti) Arbusta evolvens radicibus haurit ab imis,

Lucr. 6, 141; cf.

silvas,

Ov. M. 12, 519:

cadavera turribus,

Luc. 6, 171:

montes corpore,

Ov. M. 5, 355:

saxa nudis lacertis,

Luc. 3, 481:

intestina,

Cels. 7, 16 et saep.:

vestes,

to open, unfold, Ov. M. 6, 581:

volumen epistolarum,

to open, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4:

panicum furfure,

i. e. to cleanse, purge, Col. 2, 9 fin.:

quae postquam evolvit,

unfolds, evolves, Ov. M. 1, 24 et saep.:

amnis prorutam in mare evolvendo terram praealtas voragines facit,

Liv. 44, 8; cf.

aquas (Araxes),

Curt. 5, 4, 7.—

Evolvere se, or mid. evolvi, to roll out, roll forth, glide away:

evolvere posset in mare se Xanthus,

discharge itself, Verg. A. 5, 807; cf.:

Danubius in Pontum vastis sex fluminibus evolvitur,

empties, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 79:

species (anguis) evoluta repente,

Liv. 26, 19, 7:

per humum evolvuntur,

roll themselves along, Tac. G. 39.—

Transf.

To unroll and read a book:

evolve diligenter ejus eum librum qui est de animo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:

volumina,

Quint. 2, 15, 24:

fastos,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 112; Ov. F. 1, 657:

versus,

id. Tr. 2, 307:

jocos,

id. ib. 2, 238; cf.

transf.: poëtas,

Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72; cf.

auctores,

Suet. Aug. 89:

auctores penitus,

Quint. 12, 2, 8:

antiquitatem,

Tac. Or. 29 fin. —

To draw out a thread, i. e. to spin, said of the Fates:

quae seriem fatorum pollice ducunt Longaque ferratis evolvunt saecula pensis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 53; and pregn., to spin out, i. e. to spin to an end, said of the Fates:

tunc, quae dispensant mortalia fata, sorores Debuerant fusos evoluisse meos,

Ov. H. 12, 4.—

To obtain, raise:

in hoc triduo Aut terra aut mari alicunde aliqua evolvam argentum tibi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 83.—

Trop.

In gen.: si qui voluerit animi sui complicatam notionem evolvere, to unroll, i. e. to clear up (the figure being taken from a book), Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:

exitum criminis,

id. Cael. 23:

promissa evolvit somni,

i. e. turns over, revolves, Sil. 3, 216; cf.:

secum femineos dolos,

Sen. Agam. 116:

evolutus integumentis dissimulationis (with nudatus),

unwrapped, stripped, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 350:

evolutus bonis,

robbed, Sen. Ep. 74; cf.:

sede patria rebusque summis,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

ex praeda clandestina,

driven away, Liv. 6, 15:

nullo possum remedio me evolvere ex his turbis,

Ter. Ph. 5, 4, 5:

se omni turba,

id. Eun. 4, 4, 56.—

In partic., to unfold, disclose, narrate:

naturam rerum omnium,

Cic. Ac. 2, 36: oras belli, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 178 ed. Vahl.):

totam deliberationem accuratius,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 7:

rem propositam,

Quint. 1, 1, 20:

condita pectoris,

Cat. 66, 74:

seriem fati,

Ov. M. 15, 152:

haec,

Verg. G. 4, 509 et saep.; cf. with a rel.-clause, Lucr. 1, 954.—

To roll away, of time, i. e. to pass, elapse:

evolutis multis diebus,

Vulg. Gen. 38, 12:

cum evolutus esset annus,

id. 2 Par. 24, 23:

evoluto tempore,

id. Esth. 2, 15.

ex-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 ( per diaeresin exsolŭātur, Lucr. 1, 811:

exsolŭïsse,

Ov. F. 4, 534; cf. solvo, init.), v. a., to loose, unloose, to unbind, untie, undo (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.

In gen.:

nexus,

Lucr. 1, 220: Am. Agedum, eam solve cistulam. So. Quid ego istam exsolvam? undo, unseal, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 152:

properans exsolvi restim,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 37:

catenas Caecinae,

Tac. H. 3, 31:

vincula,

id. A. 3, 33; id. H. 3, 12:

pugionem a latere,

to ungird, id. H. 3, 68:

venas praebere exsolvendas,

to be opened, id. A. 4, 22; 11, 3; 16, 17:

brachia ferro eodem ictu,

id. ib. 15, 63:

amictus,

to pull off, Stat. S. 1, 5, 53:

venenum exsoluta alvo transmisit,

i. e. in a flux, diarrhœa, Tac. A. 13, 15.—Of an inanimate subject:

(ignis) exsolvit glaciem,

dissolves, melts, Lucr. 6, 878.—

In partic.

To set loose, release, deliver, free (mostly poet.):

aliquem vinclis,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 10; so,

exsolutus vinculis,

Suet. Ner. 49:

jube sis me exsolvi cito,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 16 sq.:

sese e nervis (animae),

Lucr. 3, 696; cf. id. 1, 811:

se paulatim corpore (said of one dying),

Verg. A. 11, 829:

quo (sanguine),

Tac. H. 5, 6.—

In mercant. lang. (qs. to free from obligation, v. solvo, to discharge, pay a debt): nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve (for which, shortly after: hoc quod debeo plane expedias et solutum relinquas), Cic. Att. 16, 6, 3:

aes alienum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

pretium,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

multiplicem sortem,

Liv. 6, 14, 7:

dotem uxori,

Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 56:

legata,

Tac. A. 1, 36 fin. et saep. —

Trop.

In gen., to throw off, lay aside, rid one's self of a thing:

legis nexus,

Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.:

metus,

i. e. to lay aside, Luc. 5, 259:

pudorem,

Stat. Ach. 1, 565:

robur peditum ad exsolvendum obsidium ducit,

i. e. to raise, Tac. A. 3, 39.—

In partic.

To release, free from any thing:

animum artis nodis religionum,

Lucr. 1, 932; 4, 7:

animos religione,

Liv. 8, 9, 13:

populum religione,

id. 3, 20, 4:

se occupationibus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

aliquem errore, suspicione,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26:

aliquem aere alieno,

Liv. 6, 14, 11:

curis,

Verg. A. 4, 652:

sollicitudine,

Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11:

contumeliā,

Tac. A. 13, 36:

poenā,

id. ib. 14, 12:

custode,

id. ib. 12, 46 et saep.—

To discharge, pay a debt or an obligation:

de tertio genere se scripsit dicturum, nec exsolvit quod promiserat,

but did not keep his promise, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7:

vota (deo),

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 67; Liv. 21, 21, 9 (opp. se obligare):

jus jurandum,

id. 24, 18, 5:

fidem,

to fulfil one's promise, id. 26, 31, 10:

praemia, poenas alicui,

to award, id. 26, 40, 15:

gratiam recte factis, alicujus,

id. 28, 25, 6; cf.

grates,

to render, give, Tac. A. 14, 13:

beneficia,

to repay, requite, id. ib. 11, 18; cf.:

vicem beneficio,

id. H. 4, 3:

poenas morte,

to suffer, id. A. 1, 10; cf. Vell. 2, 88 fin. —

To solve, explain any thing enigmatical or obscure:

perfacile est parili ratione exsolvere nobis, quare, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 381.