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ē-vŏlo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.,
I.to fly out or forth, to fly away, to fly up (class.).
I. Lit.: “ex quercu (aquila),” Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2: “extra septa,” Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 15.—Absol.: “evolandi potestas,” Col. 8, 15, 1: “longius,” Dig. 41, 1, 5, § 6: aut saepe ex humili sede sublima evolat, Att. ap. Non. 489, 5 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 211): evolare ubi nec Pelopidarum facta neque famam audiam, Poet. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 11, 3; id. Fam. 7, 30, 1; cf. id. ib. 7, 28; id. Att. 14, 12, 2; and Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 252: “evolaverunt nebulae sicut aves,” Vulg. Sir. 43, 15: “longius (of geese),” Dig. 41, 1, 5, § 6.—
2. Transf., to come forth quickly, to rush or spring forth: “ex corporum vinculis, tamquam e carcere,” Cic. Rep. 6, 14; cf. id. Lael. 4, 14: “(hostes) subito ex omnibus partibus silvae evolaverunt,” Caes. B. G. 3, 28, 3; 7, 27 fin.; cf.: “exanimatus evolat e senatu,” Cic. Sest. 12, 28: “rus ex urbe, tamquam e vinculis,” id. de Or. 2, 6: “e conspectu,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34: “per medias vias,” Ov. A. A. 3, 710: “ut, lapidem ferro cum caedimus, evolat ignis,” Lucr. 6, 314.—
II. Trop.: “(almost exclusively in Cic.): ii, quorum animi, spretis corporibus, evolant atque excurrunt foras,” Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114: “quaestiones omnium perrumpat, evolet ex vestra severitate,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5; cf. id. Mur. 38, 82: ex poena, id. Prov. Cons. 6, 14: “quem illi esse in principibus facile sunt passi, evolare altius certe noluerunt,” to ascend, id. Fam. 1, 7, 8: “illos dolent evolasse,” id. de Or. 2, 52, 209: “sic evolavit oratio, ut, etc.,” rose, id. ib. 1, 35, 161: “tantos processus (Piso) efficiebat, ut evolare, non excurrere videretur,” id. Brut. 78, 272.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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