evolvo

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.).

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.