wind (v.) Copy link Outline I. To blow (a horn)II. To turn, to turn round some object1. volvo, vi, ūtum, 32. circumvolvo3. torqueo, rsi, tum, 24. glŏmĕro, 1 (to w. into a ball)5. sĭnuo, 16. insinuo, 1 (to w. into)7. sustollo (to raise by w.ing up) • wind (v.): I. To blow (a horn): *cornu infiare, sonare: v. to blow, to sound. II. To turn, to turn round some object: 1. volvo, vi, ūtum, 3: to w. thread, volvere filum, Varr. L. L. 4, 23. 2. circumvolvo: a plant that w.s itself not only round briars but round trees, herba non solum spinis verum etiam arboribus se circumvolvens, Plin. 16, 44, 92. 3. torqueo, rsi, tum, 2: the snake w.s his scaly folds in coiling knots, serpens volubilibus squamosos nexibus orbes torquet, Ov. M. 3, 41. 4. glŏmĕro, 1 (to w. into a ball): to w. wool into balls, g. lanam in orbes, Ov. M. 6, 19. 5. sĭnuo, 1: they w. in coils their huge backs, sinuant (angues) immensa volumine terga, Virg. Aen. 2, 208: the plain w.s irregularly between the river Visurgis and the hills, campus medius inter Visurgim et colles inaequaliter sinuatur, Tac. A. 2, 16. 6. insinuo, 1 (to w. into): when they had wound their way into the squadrons of cavalry, quum se inter equitum turmas insinuaverunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: you must retrace your steps by the same path by which you wound your way in, eadem qua te insinuaveris retro via repetenda est, Liv. 9, 2. 7. sustollo (to raise by w.ing up): a machine w.s up with slight effort many things of great weight by pulleys and wheels, multa per trochleas et tympana pondere magno levi sustollit machina nisu, Lucr. 4, 906.