roll themselves

vŏlūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [id.], to roll, turn, twist, or tumble about.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

amphoras per terram,

Col. 12, 48, 4:

pelagus (ventus),

Luc. 1, 412: pilas e fimo pedibus. i. e. to form by rolling together, Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98; cf. volvo, I.—With se:

se in pulvere,

to roll about, wallow, Plin. 30, 16, 53, § 148.—

More freq., mid.:

ut gallinae possint in pulvere volutari,

roll themselves, roll, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7:

sus caenoso lacu,

Col. 7, 10, 6:

super aureorum acervos... toto corpore volutatus est,

Suet. Calig. 42 fin.:

volutati supra jacentia poma (irenacei),

Plin. 8, 37, 56, § 133; cf.

in allusion to the lit. signif. of the name Verres: quem (Verrem) in luto volutatum totius corporis vestigiis invenimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53:

(animi) corporibus elapsi circum terram ipsam volutantur,

id. Rep. 6, 26, 29:

cum tibi pueri ad pedes volutarentur,

Auct. Her. 4, 24, 33; so in part.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

(amnis) per cava saxa volutans,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 45:

in sacco et cinere volutantes,

Tert. Apol. 40 fin. —

In partic., in mal. part., Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140; Sen. Contr. 1, 2; Petr. 79; Just. 12, 16, 2; Tert. ad Uxor. 9.—

Trop., to roll, roll about, roll along, etc.; to roll, wallow.

In gen.:

vocem per ampla atria,

to roll, spread, Verg. A. 1, 725; so,

vocem,

id. ib. 5, 149:

murmura,

id. ib. 10, 98: confusa verba. Ov. M. 12, 55.—

Mid.: cum omnes in omni genere et scelerum et flagitiorum volutentur,

wallow, Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 1:

in omni dedecore,

Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19:

inter mala plurima,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 4.—

In partic.

To busy, occupy (of the mind):

animum saepe tacitis cogitationibus,

Liv. 9, 17, 2:

in veteribus scriptis studiose et multum volutatum esse,

Cic. de Or. 3, 10, 39; cf. id. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 4.—

To turn over or revolve in the mind; to consider, weigh, ponder:

rem in pectore,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 1:

gladios in comisationem praeparatos volutabam in animo,

Liv. 40, 13, 4:

haec secum volutantem in animo,

id. 42, 11, 5:

hoc eum jam pridem volutare in animo,

id. 28, 18, 11:

haec in animo voluta,

Sen. Ep. 24, 15; cf.:

in pectore volutare,

Lact. 7, 16, 4:

ipse quid intra animum volutaverim... omittam referre,

Tac. A. 4, 40:

nihil umquam nisi sempiternum et divinum animo volutare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

aliud atque aliud consilium animo,

Curt. 5, 12, 10; Tac. H. 2, 49; Sen. Cons. Marc. 11, 5:

aliquid mente,

Lucr. 3, 240:

tacitus mecum ipse voluto,

Verg. E. 9, 37:

inter seque,

Ov. M. 1, 389:

multa secum animo volutans,

Liv. 40, 8, 5:

haec secum volutans,

id. 30, 14, 3; 26, 7, 3:

secum corde,

Verg. A. 4, 533:

suo cum corde,

id. ib. 6, 185:

aliquid in secreto cum amicis,

to consider, discuss, Liv. 34, 36, 4:

consilia de Romano bello,

id. 34, 60, 2:

quibus suā sponte volutantibus res inter se repugnantes obtorpuerant animi,

id. 32, 20, 2.—

Neutr., to roll or tumble one's self (very rare):

leone obvio suppliciter volutante,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 56; so id. 35, 11, 40, § 140 (cf. I. A. 1. b. fin. supra).

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.

in-volvo, vi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to roll to or upon any thing.

Lit.:

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:

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:

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.