voluto Latin · revision 31721

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *wel-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɔˈɫuː.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [voˈluː.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''volūtō''' (present infinitive volūtāre, perfect active volūtāvī, supine volūtātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a frequentative verb [[af|la|volvō|-tō|t1=to roll]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|volvō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*weluō]] and [[ine-pro|*wel-u-|t=to wind]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|εἰλύω|tr=eilúō|t=to wind round]] and [[got|𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=walwjan]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is figurative, Plautus' “the more I turn this matter over in my heart”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Literally it is to roll something forward, as Propertius' Sisyphus rolling his burden up the mountain, and to make something toss or eddy, as the wind rolling the sea.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the passive or reflexive it is to roll about on the ground, and in Cicero to wallow in debauchery; figuratively to be immersed in something.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus on it is also to turn something over in one's mind or talk it over, and Livy has ''volutare animum'', to exercise the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “roll, tumble, wallow, revolve in the mind”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of turning something over in the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of souls rolling about the earth and of wallowing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of Sisyphus' burden.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of exercising the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|roll]], turn, [[m|en|tumble]] about; to toss.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Passive or reflexive, to roll about; to [[m|en|wallow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To turn over in the mind, [[m|en|ponder]]; to talk over.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[volūtābrum]]

+ * [[volūtābundus]]

+ * [[volūtātiō]]

+ * [[volūtātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volvo|alt=volvō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}