per-volvo
per-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to roll or tumble about (syn. voluto). Lit.: aliquem in luto, Ter. And. 4, 4, 38.—Mid., to roll one's self, to roll: in suo pervoluta sanguine, weltering, App. M. 8, p. 207, 22.— Transf., to turn over a book, to read: Smyrnam incana diu saecula pervoluent, Cat. 95, 6.— Trop., to be very busy or much engaged in any thing: ut in iis locis pervolvatur animus, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149.
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Intro Text:
per-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to roll or tumble about (syn. voluto). Lit.: aliquem in luto, Ter. And. 4, 4, 38.—Mid., to roll one's self, to roll: in suo pervoluta sanguine, weltering, App. M. 8, p. 207, 22.— Transf., to turn over a book, to read: Smyrnam incana diu saecula pervoluent, Cat. 95, 6.— Trop., to be very busy or much engaged in any thing: ut in iis locis pervolvatur animus, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149.
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