volumen

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

volūmen inis, n

3 VOL-, that which is rolled, a coil, whirl, wreath, fold, eddy : (anguis) sinuat inmensa volumine terga, V.: duo (dracones) iuncto volumine serpunt, O.: crurum (equi), joints , V.: fumi, wreath , O.: siderum, revolution , O.— A roll of writing, roll, book, volume : volumen plenum querelae iniquissimae: explicet volumen: evolvere volumen: hic plura persequi magnitudo voluminis prohibet, N.: annosa volumina vatum, H.— A division of a work, book, chapter, part : hoc tertium volumen: sedecim volumina epistularum, N.: mutatae tu quinque volumina formae, i. e. the Metamorphoses , O.

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