I.to roll to or toward.
I. In gen.: “robora focis,” Verg. G. 3, 377; so id. A. 6, 182: “advolvi (for advolvere se) ad ignem,” Plin. 11, 37, 70, § 185: “advolvit saxum magnum ad ostium,” Vulg. Matt. 27, 60; Marc. 15, 46.—
II. Esp., of suppliants, to throw one's self at the feet of any one, to fall at. fall prostrate before: “genibus ejus advolutus est,” Vell. 2, 80: “omnium genibus se advolvens,” Liv. 8, 37 fin.: “advolvi genibus,” id. 28, 34: “tuis advolvimur aris,” Prop. 4, 16, 1.—With acc.: genua patrum advolvuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 311: “cum Tiberii genua advolveretur,” Tac. A. 1, 13; cf. id. ib. 6, 49; 15, 71.—Trop.: magnusque advolvitur astris clamor, rolls, i. e. rises or ascends, Stat. Th. 5, 143.
