prō-volvo, volvi, vŏlūtum, 3, v. a.
I Lit.
A In gen., to roll or tumble forwards , to roll along , roll over and over , roll away (class., but not in Cic.): aliquem in viam mediam, Ter. And. 776: corpora, Lucr. 6, 1264: ubi glaeba e terrā provolvitur ingens, id. 6, 553: cupas ardentes in opera, Hirt. B. G. 8, 42: congestas lapidum moles, Tac. A. 4, 51: Galba projectus e sellā ac provolutus est, id. H. 1, 41; Verg. A. 12, 533; 10, 556.—
B In partic., with se or mid., to cast one's self down , fall down , prostrate one's self at another's feet (syn. prosterno): se alicui ad pedes, Liv. 6, 3: flentes ad genua consulis provolvuntur, id. 34, 11: provolutae ad pedes, Curt. 3, 12, 11: genibus ejus provolutus, Tac. A. 12, 18; 11, 30; Just. 11, 9, 14.—
II Trop., to snatch away , carry away , hurry on (post-Aug.): multi fortunis provolvebantur, i. e. are ruined , Tac. A. 6, 17.—
B Mid., to humble one's self : usque ad libita Pallantis provoluta, submitting to the desires of , Tac. A. 14, 2: provolutus effususque in iram, Gell. 1, 26, 7.