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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Virgil|origins=la volvō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [adˈwɔɫ.woː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [adˈvɔl.vo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''advolvō''' (present infinitive advolvere, perfect active advolvī, supine advolūtum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[volvō]] “to roll”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Virgil, of rolling logs to the hearth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to roll to or towards, as in Virgil's ''rōbora focīs advolvere'' “to roll oak logs to the hearths”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Reflexively or in the passive it meant to throw oneself at someone's feet, grovel, as in Propertius.^(OLD 2012)
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+ It survives in Italian ''avvolgere'' “to wrap”.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius uses it of prostrating oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|roll]] to or towards.^(OLD 2012)
+ # (reflexive) To prostrate oneself, grovel.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[circumvolvō]]
+ * [[convolvō]]
+ * [[dēvolvō]]
+ * [[ēvolvō]]
+ * [[involvō]]
+ * [[obvolvō]]
+ * [[prōvolvō]]
+ * [[revolvō]]
+ * [[subvolvō]]
+ * [[volvō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}