roll together

con-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to roll together, roll up, roll round (first freq. in the post-Aug. per., esp. in Pliny the elder).

Lit.:

ignis semina convolvunt venti,

Lucr. 6, 200 sq.:

se sol,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

lubrica terga coluber,

Verg. A. 2, 474 (in acc. with Hom. Il. 22, 95: drakôn helissomenos):

rapta turbines,

Sen. Ep. 94, 67:

se venae arborum,

Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 198 al. —So in part. perf.:

convoluti in semet dracones,

Plin. 10, 72, 92, § 197:

aër ignavo globo torpet,

id. 2, 8, 6, § 33; 11, 37, 45, § 124 al.— Poet.:

gentes mare,

i. e. involved by inundating, Luc. 4, 623.—Medial: pennis convolvitur Ales, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 113.—

Esp.

To fasten together, interweave, interlace:

testudo convoluta omnibus rebus, quibus ignis jactus et lapides defendi possent,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2:

spartum convolutum osseis iligneisve conamentis,

Plin. 19, 2, 7, § 27.—

Of a written book or roll of manuscript, to unroll and roll up, as one reads; hence, to look over:

magnam partem (historiae),

Sen. Contr. 5 (10), prooem. § 8.—

Trop.: Gallograeciam quoque Syriatici belli ruina convolvit, involved, Flor. 2, 11, 1 (in Sen. Ep. 40, 2, the right read. is convellere).

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cŏ-ĕo, īvi or ii (e. g. coierunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

coiere,

Lucr. 6, 452; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. M. 4, 83 al.:

cŏĭisse,

Verg. A. 12, 709:

coisse,

Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8; Ov. F. 6, 94; Quint. 5, 9, 5; 5, 11, 35;

pedants preferred conire to coire,

Quint. 1, 6, 17; cf. id. 1, 5, 69, and Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 137), ĭtum, īre, v. a. and n.

To go or come together, to meet, assemble, collect together (so mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose); constr. absol., with ad aliquem, ad or in locum, more rar. in loco:

matronae ad Veturiam Volumniamque frequentes coëunt,

Liv. 2, 40, 1:

in porticum,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 9:

ad solitum locum,

Ov. M. 4, 83:

ad aliquem,

Curt. 7, 2, 21: Pharsaliam, * Cat. 64, 37:

quo (sc. in sedilia theatri) populus coibat,

Hor. A. P. 207:

in regiam,

Curt. 6, 8, 17:

in quem (locum) coibatur,

Tac. A. 4, 69:

apud aram ejus dei in cujus templo coiretur,

Suet. Aug. 35:

cum rege in insulā,

Vell. 2, 101, 1:

in foro,

Just. 5, 7, 6:

milia crabronum coeunt,

Ov. F. 3, 753; id. H. 7, 123 Loers.:

coivere amicis animis,

Curt. 8, 12, 9; 10, 3, 6:

agmina coibant,

id. 10, 9, 15; Tac. A. 16, 5; id. H. 1, 27; 2, 52.—

Poet.:

vix memini nobis verba coisse decem,

i. e. have passed between us, Prop. 3 (4), 15, 8.—

Specif., to go or come together in a hostile manner, to encounter:

inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro,

Verg. A. 12, 709; cf. id. G. 4, 73; Ov. M. 3, 236; Luc. 2, 225; Manil. 4, 83; Val. Fl. 5, 635; Stat. Th. 16, 408.—

Pregn., to form a whole by coming together, to be united into a whole, to unite, combine (the usu. class. signif.); constr. absol., with cum, or dat.

Lit.

Of living beings:

neque se conglobandi coëundique in unum datur spatium,

Liv. 6, 3, 6; so Verg. A. 9, 801; 10, 410:

ut vaga illa multitudo coiret in populos,

Quint. 2, 16, 9:

qui una coierunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22:

reliqui (milites) coëunt inter se,

assemble, id. B. C. 1, 75; so Liv. 7, 37, 15:

in formam justi exercitūs,

Vell. 2, 61, 2:

ut coëat par Jungaturque pari,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25.—

Of the coition of the sexes (both of men and animals), to copulate, Lucr. 4, 1055; cf. Ov. M. 11, 744:

cum alienā uxore,

Quint. 7, 3, 10:

coisse eam cum viro,

id. 5, 9, 5:

dominum cum ancillā,

id. 5, 11, 35:

cum hospitibus stupro,

Curt. 5, 1, 37 al.:

privigno,

Ov. H. 4, 129:

simul binis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 17, 5:

sic et aves coëunt,

Ov. M. 9, 733; 10, 324; id. A. A. 2, 615; Col. 6, 27, 3 sq.; Ov. F. 3, 193 al.; cf., of marriage, [p. 359]

b.. infra.—

Transf., of things: membra. Ov. M. 4, 377; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 96: ignes coire globum quasi in unum, roll together, as into a ball, etc., Lucr. 5, 665; cf. id. 2, 563:

sanguenque creari Sanguinis inter se multis coëuntibu' guttis,

out of many little drops running together, id. 1, 838; cf.:

ut coëat lac,

to curdle, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 4; Col. 12, 20, 4:

bitumen spissatur et in densitatem coit,

thickens, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178; cf.:

gelidus coit formidine sanguis,

Verg. A. 3, 30:

semina,

Lucr. 3, 395; cf. id. 1, 770; 5, 190; 5, 425:

tum digiti coëunt,

Ov. M. 2, 670; Quint. 11, 3, 21:

ut cornua tota coirent Efficerentque orbem,

Ov. M. 7, 179; cf. Verg. A. 11, 860:

palpebrae dormientis non coëunt,

do not close, Cels. 2, 8:

labris coëuntibus,

Quint. 8, 3, 45 et saep.:

perfectum quiddam fieri, cum omnia coierunt, necesse est,

id. 11, 3, 9; 9, 1, 9; 2, 19, 2; cf. id. 1, 5, 67:

quae littera cum quāque optime coëat,

id. 9, 4, 91:

ut placidis coëant immitia,

Hor. A. P. 12.—Of wounds, to close:

arteria incisa neque coit neque sanescit,

Cels. 2, 10; cf.:

potest os coire et vulnus sanescere,

id. 8, 10; so Plin. 11, 39, 93, § 227; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18; Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 41; 5, 2, 9; and poet.:

an male sarta Gratia nequicquam coit et rescinditur?

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32; Petr. 113, 8.—

Trop., to unite for some object, in feeling, will, conclusions, etc., to join together, assimilate, combine, agree, ally one ' s self:

Caesar cum eo coire per Arrium cogitat,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 11:

cum hoc tu coire ausus es, ut... addiceres, etc.,

id. Red. in Sen. 7, 16; id. Dom. 18, 47:

principes, quitum unā coierunt, quantum visum est agri adtribuunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 22: heri aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeo (Piraeum ap. Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10), Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 1 (consensimus ac pepigimus, Don.):

duodecim adulescentuli coierunt ex his, qui exsilio erant multati, etc.,

conspired together, Nep. Pelop. 2, 3; cf.:

sed neque cum quoquam de eā re collocuturum neque coiturum: sic, ille consensionis globus hujus unius dissensione disjectus est,

id. Att. 8, 4:

patricii coiere et interregem creavere,

Liv. 4, 7, 7:

mos est regibus, quotiens in societatem coëant, implicare dextras, etc.,

Tac. A. 12, 47; hence poet.:

coëant in foedera dextrae,

Verg. A. 11, 292; Tac. H. 3, 12:

ad nullius non facinoris societatem coibant,

Suet. Aug. 32; and, like this, with changed construction.—

Esp. of the marriage contract ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); cf.:

taedae quoque jure coissent,

Ov. M. 4, 60:

conubio,

Curt. 8, 1, 9:

nuptiis,

id. 9, 1, 26; Quint. 5, 11, 32:

matrimonio,

Dig. 24, 1, 27:

in matrimonium,

ib. 45, 1, 134; cf.:

hac gener atque socer coëant mercede suorum,

i. e. in the marriage of Æneas with Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 317.—

Act.: coire societatem ( cum aliquo or absol.), to enter into an alliance, to make a compact, form a league (with some one;

several times in Cic.): utinam, Pompei, cum Caesare societatem aut numquam coisses aut numquam diremisses!

Cic. Phil. 2, 10, 24; Nep. Con. 2, 2:

societatem sceleris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

de municipis fortunis,

id. ib. 31, 87; Dig. 17, 2, 65, § 10:

qui societatem in tempus coiit,

ib. 17, 2, 65, § 6.—

Pass.:

ad eam rem societas coitur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

ad coëundam societatem,

id. Fam. 5, 19, 2; so Gell. 1, 9 fin.:

si unius rei societas coita sit,

Dig. 17, 2, 65 init.; cf. ib. 17, 2, 65, §§ 2, 9, 10, 15.

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con-glŏmĕro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. (very rare), to roll together, wind up, conglomerate.

Prop., * Lucr. 3, 211:

venae intortae et conglomeratae,

Cels. 7, 18 fin. —

Trop., to crowd, heap, or press together: omnia mala in aliquem, Enn. ap Non. p. 90, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 307 Rib.).

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).

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.

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con-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.; lit., to write together, i. e.,

To write together in a roll or list, to enroll; very freq. as a milit. t. t., of the levying of troops, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; 1, 24; 2, 2; 2, 8 et saep.; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 7:

cohortes veteranas tumulti causā,

Sall. C. 59, 5:

inter septimanos conscribi,

Tac. H. 3, 25:

inter nostros,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 40:

conscripti in Ciliciam legiones,

Suet. Caes. 8; 24; id. Galb. 10:

exercitum adversum aliquem,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 5.—And of the enrolment of colonists:

decrevit senatus, ut C. Lentulus consul sex milia familiarum conscriberet, quae in eas colonias dividerentur,

Liv. 37, 46, 10.—So of enrolling in a particular class of citizens, to inscribe, choose:

eodem tempore et centuriae tres equitum conscriptae sunt,

Liv. 1, 13, 8.—So the frequently occurring title of senators: Patres Conscripti (prop. Patres, conscripti, i. e. Patres et conscripti), chosen, elect, assembled fathers (lit. fathers and elect):

traditum inde (sc. post reges exactos) fertur, ut in Senatum vocarentur, qui Patres quique Conscripti essent: Conscriptos videlicet in novum senatum appellabant lectos,

Liv. 2, 1, 11; cf. Fest. p. 254, 22 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 7, 5, and p. 41, 13 ib.; Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; id. Planc. 35, 87; Nep. Hann. 12, 2; Liv. 3, 52, 6; 6, 26, 4; Dict. of Antiq.;

and in imitation of this: di conscripti,

App. M. 6, p. 182, 35.—In a play upon words (censured by Quint.): ne Patres conscripti videantur circumscripti, Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72.—Also in sing., of one senator:

pater conscriptus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 28; and absol., poet. in sing.: conscriptus, i, m., a senator: quod sit conscripti, quod judicis officium, * Hor. A. P. 314.—So also of the enrolling of the people for the purpose of bribery, Cic. Planc. 18, 45; 19, 47; id. Sest. 15, 34:

rex me opere oravit maximo ut sibi latrones cogerem et conscriberem,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 76.—

To put together in writing, to draw up, compose, write (class.).

With acc.:

librum de consulatu, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 35, 132; cf. Nep. Lys. 4, 2:

volumen,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101:

Topica Aristotelea,

id. Fam. 7, 19 init.; Ov. P. 2, 9, 73:

lepidas tabellas,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 26:

epistulam,

Cic. Att. 13, 50, 1:

syngraphum inter me et amicam,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 1:

imaginem,

to delineate, sketch, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

legem (consules),

to draw up, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7; cf.

edicta,

Suet. Tit. 6:

condiciones,

Liv. 26, 24, 8; cf. id. 29, 12, 15:

foedus,

id. 41, 24, 15:

testamentum,

Suet. Claud. 44:

fortunas alterius litteris,

Cic. Clu. 66, 186.—

With rel.-clause:

cum pluribus conscripsisset, qui esset optimus rei publicae status,

Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11 Madv. N. cr. —

With de:

(illi), de quibus audivi et legi et ipse conscripsi,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 12, 19, 2; Quint. 2, 11, 24:

de ratione dicendi,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—

With acc. and inf.: ut in ordinem se coactum conscriberet, write down, notice that he should be, etc., Suet. Claud. 38: omni personae quam dotem suscepisse cum marito conscribitur, Cod. Just. 5, 15, 3.—

Esp., of physicians, to prescribe:

pro salutaribus mortifera,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—

Meton., to write something all over, to fill with writing (rare; mostly poet.):

mensam vino,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17; cf.: epistolium lacrimis, * Cat. 68, 2.— Humorously, to mark by beating, to cudgel:

conscribere aliquem totum stilis ulmeis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 132; cf. conscribillo.—

With in and abl., to write upon, mark upon:

signum sanguinis id est crucis in suā fronte,

Lact. 4, 26, 39.

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