devolvo
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-volvo: volvi, vŏlūtum, 3,
I v. a., to roll or tumble down (class.).
I Lit.: saxa in musculum, Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 1, and 2; cf. saxa (amnis), Quint. 12, 10, 61: auratas trabes, Verg. A. 2, 449: tonitrua, i. e. to imitate it (by rolling down balls behind the scenes), Phaedr. 5, 7, 23: clipeos e muris, Curt. 4, 3 fin.: panem ex igne, Cat. 59, 4: corpora in humum, Ov. M. 7, 574: se toris, Val. Fl. 1, 235 et saep.—Poet.: fusis mollia pensa, i. e. to spin off, Verg. G. 4, 349.—
b Pass. in mid. force, to roll itself down, to roll or tumble down, to fall headlong: monte praecipiti devolutus torrens, Liv. 28, 6; cf. Col. 1, 5, 2; Curt. 5, 3: jumenta cum oneribus devolvebantur, Liv. 21, 33: ex praecipiti, Curt. 7, 11.—
II Trop.: aliquem vitā suā, to remove from, i. e. to deprive of, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 5: per audaces nova dithyrambos Verba devolvit (the figure being taken from a river), Hor. Od. 4, 2, 11.—
b Mid., to sink down, fall into: ad spem inanem pacis devoluti, * Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13: retro ad stirpem, Liv. 1, 47: ad otium et inertiam, Col. 1 prooem. § 29: devolvuntur, hasten down, Amm. 15, 10, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēvolvō,¹² volvī, vŏlūtum, ĕre, tr.,
1 faire rouler de haut en bas, entraîner en roulant, précipiter : cupas de muro in musculum Cæs. C. 2, 11, 2, faire rouler des tonneaux du haut du mur sur la galerie ; devolvere se toris Val. Flacc. 1, 235, se laisser tomber du lit || [pass.] rouler, tomber en roulant : devolutus ex igne panis Catul. 59, 4, pain qui a roulé du feu ; monte præcipiti devolutus torrens Liv. 28, 6, 10, torrent qui roule du haut d’une montagne escarpée ; jumenta devolvebantur Liv. 21, 33, 7, les bêtes de somme roulaient en bas || dérouler, dévider : fusis pensa Virg. G. 4, 349, dérouler la laine des fuseaux
2 [fig.] a) per audaces nova dithyrambos verba devolvit Hor. O. 4, 2, 11, il roule des mots nouveaux dans ses audacieux dithyrambes ; b) [pass.] devolvere retro ad stirpem Liv. 1, 47, 5, retombe à la souche de ta famille [= à l’obscurité] ; ad spem estis inanem pacis devoluti Cic. Phil. 7, 14, vous vous êtes laissé entraîner à de vains espoirs de paix.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-volvo, volvī, volūtum, ere, herab-, ab-, fortwälzen, -rollen, I) eig.: A) von einer Höhe herab: saxa praecipitata muro in musculum, Caes.: cupas de muro in musculum, Caes.: clipeos e muris, Curt.: corpora in humum, Ov. – Passiv devolvi medial, herabrollen, rollend herabfallen, -stürzen, v. Menschen, lectulo, Sen.: scalis, Scrib. u. Curt.: ex praecipiti, Curt.: v. Tieren, cum oneribus, Liv.: v. Gewässern, veluti monte praecipiti devolutus torrens, Liv.: Tigris per L stadia silvestribus ripis praeceps inter saxa devolvitur, Curt.: v. andern Ggstdn., devolutus ex igni panis, Catull.: devolutis tonitribus (unter herabrollendem Donner) di sunt locuti more translaticio, Phaedr.: pondere eo devolvitur aut omentum aut etiam intestinum, Cels.: iterum (intestinum) cum quodam quasi murmure devolvitur, Cels. – B) (poet.) von einem Ggstde. fort-, abrollen, pensa fusis, abspinnen, Verg.; vgl. gravidos penso fusos, Ps. Verg. Ciris. – agmen moenibus, eilig herabführen, Lucan. – II) übtr., a) übh.: per audaces nova dithyrambos verba (das Bild vom Strome hergenommen), dahinrollen-, dahinströmen lassen, Hor. carm. 4, 2, 11: inde sermo devolutus est ad monasteriorum greges, Augustin. conf. 8, 6. – b) Passiv devolvi medial = wohin herabsinken, eo devolvi rem, ut etc., Liv.: retro ad stirpem, zurücksinken in seinen Ursprung, Liv.: ad spem inanem pacis, Cic.: ad otium et inertiam, Col.: in ultima flagitia, Augustin.
Latin > English
devolvo devolvere, devolvi, devolutus V INTRANS :: roll down; sink back; hand over, transfer; deprive