rĕ-volvo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a.,
I to roll back; to unroll, unwind; to revolve, return (class.; esp. freq. since the Aug. per.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
Draco revolvens Sese, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 106: (pelagus) gelidum ab imo fluctum revolvit in partem superiorem,Col. 8, 17, 1:
fluctus (hibernus auster),Tac. A. 6, 33:
retro Aestum (ventus),Sen. Agam. 487:
retro sua fila (Sorores),id. Herc. Fur. 182; cf.:
inmites scis nulla revolvere Parcas Stamina,Stat. Th. 7, 774:
lapidem,Vulg. Matt. 28, 2. — Poet.:
(pontus) aestu revoluta resorbens Saxa,i. e. from which the waves are rolled back, Verg. A. 11, 627:
addiderat Civilis obliquam in Rhenum molem, cujus objectu revolutus amnis adjacentibus superfunderetur,Tac. H. 5, 14:
rursus perplexum iter omne revolvens Fallacis silvae,going over again, Verg. A. 9, 391:
revoluta aequora,id. ib. 10, 660 Wagn. —
b Mid., to come or go back, to revolve, return, etc. (syn. revertor):
itaque revolvor identidem in Tusculanum,Cic. Att. 13, 26, 1:
ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit: Ter revoluta toro est,fell back, sank back, Verg. A. 4, 691:
spissā jacuit revolutus harenā,id. ib. 5, 336:
revoluta rursus eodem est,Ov. M. 10, 63 (a little before: relapsa est).— Poet., of returning time:
dies,Verg. A. 10, 256:
saecula,Ov. F. 4, 29; cf.:
centesimā revolvente se lunā,Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 217:
saecula revolvuntur,Claud. Phoen. 104.—
B In partic., to unroll, turn over, read over, repeat (not ante-Aug.;
syn. verso): tuas adversus te Origines revolvam,Liv. 34, 5:
taedium illud et scripta et lecta saepius revolvendi,Quint. 11, 2, 41:
cum loca jam recitata revolvimus irrevocati,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223:
antiqua,Sil. 8, 49; Mart. 6, 64, 15; 11, 1, 4.—
II Trop.
A In gen.:
in iis, quae denominata sunt, summa paupertas in eadem nos frequentissime revolvit,leads back, Quint. 12, 10, 34: iterum revolvere casus Iliacos, to go through again, to undergo or experience again, Verg. A. 10, 61.—
b Mid., to return to any thing; with in:
in eandem vitam te revolutum denuo Video esse,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 69; cf.:
in luxuriam,Just. 30, 1, 7:
in metus,Sen. Thyest. 418:
in ista,Ov. M. 10, 335:
animus in sollicitudinem revolutus est,Curt. 4, 10, 31: iterum in pejora revolvi, Sil. 14, 174:
rursus in veterem fato revoluta figuram,Verg. A. 6, 449.— With ad:
omnia necessario a tempore atque homine ad communes rerum et generum summas revolventur,Cic. de Or 2, 31, 135:
ad patris revolvor sententiam,id. Ac. 2, 48, 148:
ad ejus causae seposita argumenta revolvi nos oportet,id. de Or 2, 30, 130:
ad illa elementa,id. Rep. 1, 24, 38:
ad dispensationem annonae,Liv. 4, 12 fin.:
ad vana et totiens irrisa,Tac. A. 4, 9:
ad memoriam conjugii et infantiam liberorum,id. ib. 11, 34:
ad vitia,id. ib. 16, 18:
ad irritum (labor et victoria),id. H. 3, 26:
rursus ad superstitionem,Curt. 7, 7, 8.— With adv.:
primum eodem revolveris,Cic. Div. 2, 5, 13:
eo, quo minime volt, revolvitur,id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:
cum majore periculo eodem revolvuntur,Cels. 7, 26, 2; cf.:
eo revolvi rem, ut, etc.,Liv. 5, 11.—
B In partic., to relate again, repeat; to brood or reflect upon (not anteAug.):
sed quid ego haec nequicquam ingrata revolvo?Verg. A. 2, 101:
facta,Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 35:
dicta factaque ejus secum,Tac. Agr. 46:
iras in animo,id. A. 4, 21; 3, 18:
visa,Ov. F. 4, 667 (with secum jussa refert):
curas (animus),Sen. Oedip. 764 (with repetit metus).