rotundus (rut-) adj. with comp. roto, rolling, round, circular, spherical, rotund: stellae: mundum rotundum esse volunt: ut nihil efficere posset rotundius: bacae, H.

—As subst n.: locus infimus in rutundo, a sphere.

—Prov.: mutat quadrata rotundis, i. e. turns everything upside down, H.

—Fig., round, rounded, perfect: sapiens in se ipso totus, teres atque rotundus, H.

—Of speech, round, well turned, smooth, polished, elegant: verborum constructio: ore rotundo loqui, H.