dē-volvō volvī, volūtus, ere, to roll down: saxa in musculum, Cs.: Auratas trabes, V.: tonitrua (i. e. balls to make scenic thunder), Ph.: corpora in humum, O.: magnos corpore montīs, O.: fusis mollia pensa, i. e. to spin off, V.: monte praecipiti devolutus torrens, tumbling, L.: scalis devolvi, Cu.: iumenta cum oneribus devolvebantur, fell headlong, L.

—Fig., to roll forth: per audacīs nova dithyrambos Verba, H.: ad spem inanem pacis devoluti, sunk: devolvere retro ad stirpem, creep back, L.