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.
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.
ROLL Copy link • 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.