roll (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. vŏlūmen, ĭnis, n. (anything rolled together; esp. a scroll)2. gȳrus (coil)3. orbis, is, m.4. (architect.) vŏlūta5. astrăgălus (like preced.)6. scāpus7. rŏtŭlus (document)8. public r.s, fasti, Liv. 9, 18 • roll (subs.): 1. vŏlūmen, ĭnis, n. (anything rolled together; esp. a scroll): public records began to be made on r.s of lead, soon afterwards private ones on r.s of linen, publica monumenta plumbeis voluminibus, mox et privata linteis confici coepta, Plin. H. N. 13, 11, 21: the snakes curl their backs in a r., sinuant volumine terga, Virg. Aen. 2, 208. 2. gȳrus (coil): ib. 5, 85. 3. orbis, is, m.: a r. of wool, laneus orbis, Prop. 4, 6, 6. 4. (architect.) vŏlūta: Vitr. 4, 1, 9. 5. astrăgălus (like preced.): id. 3, 5, 3 (3, 3, 8). Also, astragalum cymatium, id. 6. scāpus: a r. of paper, Plin. 13, 12, 23. 7. rŏtŭlus (document): Calp. Sic. 7, 5; Du Cange. 8. public r.s, fasti, Liv. 9, 18: master of the r.s, *rotulorum magister.