roll (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. volvo, vi, vŏlūtum, 32. verso, 1 (keep turning)B. Intrans., mostly in poet. sense1. volvor, 3 (pass. refl.)2. vŏlūto, 13. lābor, lapsus, 34. māno, 1 (to ooze, run in drops)5. verso, 1 (to turn over and over)6. verto, 3 (in same sense; except that verso is frequent.)7. undo, 1 (in billows) • roll (v.): A. Trans.: 1. volvo, vi, vŏlūtum, 3: Simois r.s the dead bodies of heroes, fortia corpora volvit, Virg. Aen. 1, 101: to r. the eyes, v. oculos, ib. 4, 363: horses are r.'d over half-dead, semianimes volvuntur equi, ib. 11, 635. Freq. vŏlūto, 1: r. the sound up and down the halls, vocem per atria volutant, ib. 1, 725: the jars ought to be r.'d over the ground, amphoras per terram volutari oportet, Col. 12, 48: the dust in which the mule has rolled herself, in quo se mula volutaverit, Plin. H. N. 30, 16. 2. verso, 1 (keep turning): Sisyphus r.s the stone, versat saxum, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: he r.s himself upon the wounded place, suo se in vulnere versat, Virg. Aen. 11, 669. B. Intrans., mostly in poet. sense: 1. volvor, 3 (pass. refl.): r.s on his head, volvitur in caput., Virg. Aen. 1, 116. 2. vŏlūto, 1: r.ing, he clung to his knees, genibus volutans haerebat, ib. 3, 607. Pass. refl. vŏlutor, 1: to r. in the dust (of fowls), in pulvere volutari, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 7: r.'d with his whole body, toto corpore volutatus est, Suet. Cal. 42. 3. lābor, lapsus, 3: the tear r.s from my eyes, l. ex oculis gutta meis, Ov. Trist. 1, 3, 4. 4. māno, 1 (to ooze, run in drops): warm drops r. from the tree, manant ex arbore guttae, id. Met. 10, 500. 5. verso, 1 (to turn over and over): I rescued thee r.ing in the eddy of death, versantem turbine lethi eripui, Catull. 59, 149. 6. verto, 3 (in same sense; except that verso is frequent.): the produce of the r.ing year, vertentis fructum anni, Prop. 4, 2, 11. 7. undo, 1 (in billows): the r.ing Ister, undantem Istrum, Claud. Ruf. 1, 184: streams r.'d from the mountains, montibus undabant, Petron. 123, 190.