• ROLL

1. v. volvere (transitively): volvi (intransitively). To roll up or together, convolvere: to roll into a ball, glomerare: to roll up in anything, involvere or obvolvere aliqua re; amicire aliqua re (e.g., charta): to roll round anything, involvere circum aliquid; amicire aliqua re; circumvolvere aliquid alicui rei: time rolls on, tempus devolvitur, effluit: tears roll down the cheeks, lacrimae per genas alicujus manant.

2. s. circumactio: circumactus (circular motion): volumen (that which is rolled up): chartae convolutae (a roll of paper). The roll of a drum, *tympani crebra, continua, pulsatio.