rotundus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

rotundus (rut-) adj.with comp.

roto, rolling, round, circular, spherical, rotund : stellae: mundum rotundum esse volunt: ut nihil efficere posset rotundius: bacae, H.—As subst n. : locus infimus in rutundo, a sphere .—Prov.: mutat quadrata rotundis, i. e. turns everything upside down , H.—Fig., round, rounded, perfect : sapiens in se ipso totus, teres atque rotundus, H.—Of speech, round, well turned, smooth, polished, elegant : verborum constructio: ore rotundo loqui, H.