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convolvo

convolvo, to roll together, roll up, roll round

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

convolvō, volvī, volūtus, 3, a.: to roll together; roll up, coil, 2.474.

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convolve Verb: present active imperative 2nd singular of convolvo

See convolve in Morpho

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).
  • I 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: δράκων ἑλισσόμενος): 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.—
    • B Esp.
      • 1 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.—
      • 2 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.—
  • II 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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