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fcc.; as, Cic. Guam vellem, te ad Sro- 
icos inolinavisses (implying, of course, 
that you did not gratify the wish). Id. 
Tu veliin nos absentee diligas, I wish, I 
would (implying a hope that the wish 
may be fulfilled). Id. Guam velim, 
Bruto persuadeas, lit, &c. Hence, Ut 
volo (vis, vult, &c.), as I (thou, he) 
wish, according to my (thy, &c.) wish; 
as, Cic. Libertatis proprium est, sic 
vivere, ut velis. Terent. Ut quimus, 
quundo, ut volumus, non licet. Cic. 
Oonfido rein, ut volumus, esse. Hence, 
Volenti mihi est, h, e. volo ; as, Macrob. 
Si volentibus vobis erit. Sallust. Uti 
militibus extequatns cum imperatore 
labos volentibus esset, h. c. ut milites 
exsequatum cum imperatore laborem 
libenter ferrent, that the soldiers might 
willingly perform their labors, when they 
were equally shared with their commander. 
So, Id. Neque plebi militia volenti pu- 
tabatur. nor were the plebeians thought to 
be inclined to enlist. So, with an infin. 
supplying the place of a vom. to est. 
Tacit. (This is a Greek construction, 
0ov\opevo> poi ion.) — Velim may 
often be rendered, I beg, I beseech, I 
pray; as, Cic. Sic tibi persuadeas ve¬ 
lim. Also, volo instead of velim: as, 
Cic. Tc ita existimare volo.-11 Also, 
to wish, desire, demand; as, I wish you to 
do this, I would have you do this. Terent. 
Quid vis faciam ? what would yon have 
me do? Quintil. TTt res vult, as the 
thing demands, requires. — Hence, Velle 
aliquem aliquid, to desire something of 
some one. Plant. Si quid me vis, if you 
■want any thing of me. So, Coes. Si quid 
ille se velit. Also, Cic. Nec, num- 
quid vellem, rogavit, if I had any com¬ 
mands, letters, &c. — Also, Velle a!i- 
quem, to want one, have something to say 
to one, want to speak with one. Plaut. 
Pliilocrates, exi: te volo. Terent. Pau- 
cis te volo, a word with you, I have a 
word or two to say to you. Cic. Centu- 
riones me velle. Hence, Terent. Num- 
quid vis? or, Numquid me vis? have 
you any thing further with me? have you 
done with me? may I go? — Also, Guid 
sibi vult, what will he (she. it) have ? 
what is he at ? what is his aim ? Terent. 
Quid sibi volt pater ? cursimulat? Cic. 
Guid tibi vis? Id. Guid iste sibi vult? 
Often, also, equivalent to, what does that 
mean? what is its import? as, Cic. Gtiid 
illaR sibi statute volunt? Id. Nec satis 
intellexi, quid sibi verba ista vellent, 
what those words meant. -IT Also, tu 
will, desire, h. e. to command, ordain, ap¬ 
point. Cic. Majores nostri de servis 
qusri voluerunt. Id. Hiemis perfugium 
majores nostri in amicorum tectis esse 
voluerunt. Hence, Velitis jubeatis, &c. 
as the form by which a law was pro¬ 
posed to the people for their approval. 
Cic. - - If Also, to wish well or ill to 
any one, to be favorably or unfavorably 
disposed to any one. Terent. Tibi bene 
ex animo volo, I wish you well with all 
my heart. Plaut. Male qui mihi volunt, 
my enemies, my ill-wishers. Petron. 
Non sibi male vult, h. e. genio indulget. 
We find, also, Cic. Valde ejus causa 
volo, I feel great interest in his welfare, 
he has my best wishes. Id. Varro ejus 
causa vult omnia, wishes every thing in 
his behalf. - 11 Also, to will, h. e. to 
believe, advance, pretend, contend, main¬ 
tain, so.y. Cic. Quod minus illi volunt. 
Id. Rerum natura, quam tu sapientiam 
esse vis. Id. Multa scire volunt. Id. 
Guot vuitis esse peccatorum gradus? 
-i- IT Also, to will, ll. e. to be able. 
Ilorat. Versibus exponi tragicis res 
comica non vult. -IT It often stands 
iotfacio, for the will may he considered 
as including or at least implying the act 
or effect; as, Volo esse, for facio ; thus, 
Cic. Alias bestias aquarum incolas es¬ 
se voluit. Id. Filium unum ex multis 
fortuna reliqunm esse voluerat, had left 
to him. -11 Volt, voltis . for vult, vuitis. 
Plaut. -IT See, also, Volcns, tis. 
V&L5 (volo, velle), onis, m. a volunteer. 
The Roman slaves who served in the 
Punic war were called volones. Lie. 
VOLPIS, is, f. for Vulpes. Plaut. 
VoLSCe (Volscus), adv. after the manner 
3 of the Volsci. Titinn. ap. Best, 
VoLSCI, orum, m. the Volsci, a people of 
Latium. Liv. Also, the territory of the 
Volsci. Id. — Hence, Volscus, a, um, 
adj. Volscian. Viro-. gens. Liv. ager. 
Vo L? COS, a, um. See Volsci. 
VoLSeLLX, or VuLSicLLX (vello), ffi, f. 
2 an instrument for pulling out hairs by the 
roots ; tweezers, Tpixo\a/3ii. Plaut. and 
Martial. — Also, a surgeon’s instrument 
fur extracting the fragments of a bone, 
&c.; a kind of forceps or pincers. Cels. 
-If Figur. Varr. Pugnare volsellis, 
non gladio, h. e. leviter, et parum dam- 
ni inferendo. 
VoLSINII, or VOLSINII, 6rum,m. a city 
in Etruria, now Bnlsena. Liv. — Hence, 
Volsiniensis, or Vulsiniensis, e, adj. of 
or belonging to Volsinii. Liv. ager. Id. 
provincia. Id. lacus (now) lago diBol- 
sena. Id. Volsinienses, the Volsinians. 
VoLSOS, or VuLSOS, a, um, particip. 
from vello. 
VoLTX, os, f. a monster (monstrum), or 
perhaps an epidemic, which ravaged the 
territory of Volsinii. Plin. 
V6LTINI0S, a, um, adj. for example, 
Cic. Voltinia trihus, a Roman tribe. — 
Hence, Voltinienses, citizens belonging 
to the tribus Voltinia. Cic. 
VoLTuMNX, ai, f. a goddess of Etruria. 
Hence, Liv. Voitumn® fanum, a place 
in Etruria. 
VoLTORCIOS. See Vulturcius. 
VoLTORNOS. See Vulturous. 
VoLTOS, &c. See Vultus, &c. 
VoLVX, or VuLVX (volvo), ae, f. the in- 
2 tegument of a thing. Scriban. Larg. 
pomorum, h. e. the core. Plin. Volva 
(boleti), white skin that infolds it. — 
Hence, the womb, matrix, matri.ee of the 
human race and of animals. Cels, and 
Plin. The vulva of a sow was a delicate 
and favorite dish with the ancients. 
Ilnrnt. and Martial. 
VOLuBILIS (Id.), e, adj. that is easily or 
quickly rolled or turned, rolling or turning, 
voluble, cvoTpotfyic;, eirirpnxos, t~\iK i5f. 
Cic. and Lucan. Votubile caffum. Pru¬ 
dent. Sol volubitis. Cic. dens.' Virg. bux¬ 
om, h. e. turbo e buxo. Oval, (de angue ) 
Tile volubilibus squamosos nexibus or- 
bes torquet, et iinmetisos saltu sinuatur 
in arcus. Ilorat. Amnis labitur et la- 
betur in omne volubilis sviim. Calpurn. 
unda. Ovid. Aiiram volubile, h. e. ma¬ 
lum aureum. Apul. Pila volubilis.- 
If Hence, figur. of fortune, changeable, 
mutable, fickle, unstable, uncertain, incon¬ 
stant. Cic. fortuna.-IT Also, figur. 
of language, that moves as it were rapid¬ 
ly, fluent., rapid. Cic. Oral. 56. oratio, 
that consists of short syllables. Cic. 
Brut. 2S. Oratio Appii volubilis, rapid, 
fluent,; so, also, Id. orator, that speaks 
rapidly. Id. Homo volubilis. 
V&LuBILITaS (volubilis), atis, f. the 
power of being turned round easily, easy 
and rapid rotation, power of revolving 
about its axis, volubility, cvrpox'ia, rd 
evorpoiboo. Cic. Mundi volubilitas, 
quae nisi in globosa forma esse non po¬ 
test. - IT Also, the round or oval 
shape of a thing, roundness, rounding. 
Ovid, capitis. Id. Volubilitas sustinet 
orbem. Cic. Gui protrusit eylindrum, 
dedit ei pnneipium motionis, volubili- 
tatem autem non dedit. —— IT Figur. 
fickleness, mutability, inconstancy. Cic. 
fortuna:. - IT Also, figur. power of 
rapid motion , rapidity or fluency (of 
speech), volubility. Cic. Lingua: volu¬ 
bilitas. Id. Verborum volubilitas, h. e. 
copia, apta connexio, et faciiitas, easy 
and rapid flow. Plin. Ep. Mos est pie- 
risque Grcecnrum, ut illis sit pro copia 
(rerum) volubilitas. Avgust, ap. Sue- 
ton. Xnanis sententiis verborum volu¬ 
bilitas. Quintil. Circuiatoria volubili¬ 
tas, wordiness , verboseness. 
VCLuBlLITiTR (Id.), adv. copiously, flu¬ 
ently, volubly or rapidly, cvaTpdipws. Cic. 
Futiditur numerose et volubiliter oratio. 
VALOCkR (volo, are), ucris, ucre, adj. 
flying, winged, neruvoc, nrcpScis. Cic. 
Volucres ungues ex vastitate Libya: 
vento Africo invectas. Ovid. Volucri 
non segnius alite Indit. Tibull. Sive 
ego per liquidum volucri vebar aera 
penna. Virg. cohunba. Slat. Volu- 
cer Danaeius, h. e. Perseus. Ovid. 
equus, U. c. Pegasus. Id. Volucer 
deus, or, Id. puer, h. e. Cupid. Stat 
Volucer dens, h. e. Mercury. Ovid. pe« 
(sc. Mercurii). Id. turba, li. e. birds 
Cic. Bestiie volucres, and, simply, Id. 
Volucres, birds. Propert. Volucres in- 
sidiie, h. e. laid by Calais and Zcthcs, who 
were winged. — Hence, subsb. Vol cris. 
is, f. sc. bestia, a bird , any winged crea¬ 
ture., dpx 1 S- Ovid. Et primo similis 
volucri, mox vera volucris. Cic. Volu¬ 
cres, birds. Ovid, marinas, sea-birds. 
Sueton. In volucrum fore potestatem, 
h. e. vulture. Propert. Tityi volucres, 
h. e. vultures. Id. Attica volucris, h. e. 
philomela. Ovid. Volucris Junonia, or, 
Id. Junonis, h. e. the peacock. Stat. 
Tyrrhen® volucres, h. e. Sirens. Sil. 
Matutini cantus volucrum, h. e. gallo- 
ruin. Martial. Volucris Libyca, li. e. 
gallina Africana; so, Petron. Atra vo¬ 
lucris. Lucan. E campis Latiae pulsere 
volucres, h. c. eagles, the standards of 
the legions. Phatdr. Parvula volucris, 
h. e. a fly. — Volucris is also found 
masc. Cic. de Div. 2,30 (in poetry) Volu¬ 
cres teneros. - IT Hence, of things 
without wings, but which are borne 
through the air as if having wings, 
flying, light, winged. Virg. sagitta. 
Id. arundo, h. e. sagitta. Id. ferrum, 
li. e. sagitta. Id. auric. Ovid, pro- 
celiae. Id. Nebulas volucres, flying 
about. Virg. fumus.-IT Figur. fly¬ 
ing, swift, rapid, quick, fleet. Ovid. 
equus. Ilorat. currus. . Martial, par- 
dus. Ilorat. dies. Cic. nuntius. Id. 
(in poetry), motns astrorum. Id. genus 
dicendi. Virg. Ilebrus. Cic. Nihil est 
tam volucrequam maledictum, li. e. flics 
about (circulates) so quick. — Also, incon¬ 
stant, changeable, fickle, fleeting, transient. 
Cic. fortuna. Auct. dial, de Oral, gan- 
dium. - IT Volucer is found fern, in 
Petron. — - On the other hand, Volucris 
(noire.) is found masc. Sil. Volucris 
sonipes. — The gen. plur. is generally 
volucrum ; but according to Charis. volu- 
crium was also used by the ancients. 
- II Volucres, a kind of worms or 
caterpillars; for volucrte. Colum. 
V6L0CRX (volvo), le, f. a worm that rolls 
itself up in vine-leaves, otherwise called 
convolvulus, or involvulus, or volvox, 
probably a vine-fretter. Colum. (For 
this we find also volucris in Colum. and 
volucre in Plin.). 
V&LBCRIPeS (volucer & pes), edis, adj, 
3 swift-footed, fleet, swift. Auson. 
V5LBC1US, is, m. and f. a bird. See 
Volucer. 
V5LBCRIT2R (Id.), adv. swiftly. Am- 
3 mian. 
VBLBCRITaS (volueer), atis, f. Fulgent. 
mundi, h. e. volubilitas. 
V6LuM£N (volvo)V inis, n. anything that 
is rolled or wound together in a roll, £iXi(, 
export s* —Hence, a book, writing, work, 
volume, fltfJkiov; because the ancients 
roiled up their books, and when they 
would read them, unrolled them. JVep. 
Magnitudo voluminis. Id. In eo volu- 
mine. Plin. Volumen edere de re, a 
treatise. Id. componere. Id. condete. 
Ilorat. Signata volumina, h. e. mea 
carmina. Also, a book (h. e. part of a 
greater book), a volume, tome, part. Plin- 
Ep. Libri ties in sex volumina divisi. 
JYepos. Sexdecim volumina episHilarum 
(Ciceronis). Ovid. Sunt quoque mu- 
tat® ter quinque volumina form®, li. e. 
the fifteen books of Metamorphoses. — 
Also, a packet of writings or letters. 
Cic. Evolvi volumen epistolmum tua- 
rum. — Also, a roll, wreath, fold, of any 
thing rolled up, a spire. Virg. (An¬ 
gitis) septona volumina traxit. Id. 
Sinuantque (angues) immensa volu- 
mine terga. Id. Hue illuc vinclorum 
immensa volumina versat, (of the ces- 
tus or thongs of the cestus.) Id. Car- 
pere mox gyrum incipiat, gradibusqu® 
sonare compesitis, sinuetque alterna 
volumina crurum, (of a horse, when he 
bends his legs in running.) Ovid, and 
Lucan. Volumina fumi, rails, volumes. 
Lucan. Longo per multa volumina 
tractu ffistuat unda minax. Also, of a 
river, a whirl, eddy, wave. Apul. —- 
IT Also, revolution or rotation of the 
heavens. Ovid. Met. 2, 73. Hence, 
figur. Plin. In divo Augusto magna 
