revolvo

rĕ-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., 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, [p. 1592] 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).