ē-volvo — Lewis & Short
ē-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3 (
I per diaeresin ēvŏlŭam, Cat. 66, 74:
ēvŏlŭisse,Ov. H. 12, 4), v. a., to roll out, roll forth; to unroll, unfold (class.).
I 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.—
b 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.—
B Transf.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 To obtain, raise:
in hoc triduo Aut terra aut mari alicunde aliqua evolvam argentum tibi,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 83.—
II Trop.
A 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.—
B 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.—
C 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.