volubilis

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

volūbilis e, adj.

3 VOL-, that is turned round, turning, spinning, whirling, circling, rolling, revolving : buxum, i. e. a top , V.: caelum: nexus (anguis), O.: deus: (amnis) in omne volubilis aevum, H.: aurum, i. e. the golden apple , O.—Fig., of speech, rapid, fluent, voluble : Appi oratio: homo.— Changeable, fickle : fortuna.

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