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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la volvō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [eːˈwɔɫ.woː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈvɔl.vo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ēvolvō''' (present infinitive ēvolvere, perfect active ēvolvī, supine ēvolūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ex-]] “out” and [[volvō]] “to roll”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Catullus and Ovid have forms scanned with four syllables, ⟨ēvoluam⟩, ⟨ēvoluisse⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of unfolding by narrative.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to roll out or away, as Livy's, and Lucretius' wind rolling away the trees, to make flow, and to wrench out, as in Lucretius, and in Plautus to evict, and in Terence to free.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to uncover, unwrap, and figuratively to unfold, discover, as in Cicero, to unwind a spindle, as in Ovid, and to unroll a book, read through, as in Suetonius.^(OLD 2012) It meant to turn over in the mind, to unfold in narrative, as in Ennius, and in Seneca to unwind a series of events.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to develop, roll away, unroll, unfold.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|evolve]] came in the 1640s, “to unfold, open out”, especially of books, and [[en|evolution]] in the 1620s from ''ēvolūtiō'' “unrolling of a book”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of unfolding a story.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of evicting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of discovering.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1640s – English ''evolve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To roll out; to make flow.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To wrench out; to evict; to free.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To uncover; to unfold, discover.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To unwind; to unroll a book, read through.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To turn over in the mind.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To narrate, unfold.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[ēvolūtiō]]
+ * [[ēvolūtus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[advolvō]]
+ * [[circumvolvō]]
+ * [[convolvō]]
+ * [[dēvolvō]]
+ * [[involvō]]
+ * [[obvolvō]]
+ * [[prōvolvō]]
+ * [[revolvō]]
+ * [[subvolvō]]
+ * [[volvō]]
+ * [[en|evolve]]
+ * [[en|evolution]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}