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|lshtext=<b>dē-volvo</b>: volvi, vŏlūtum, 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[roll]] or [[tumble]] [[down]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.

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|georg=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.

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