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turn over

turn over:

I. To upset: ēverto, perverto: v. OVERTURN, UPSET.

II. To move about:

1. volvo, pervolvo, vŏlūto: v. TO ROLL.

2. verso, 1: to t. over eggs, v. ova, Ov. Met. 8, 668.

III. Fig.: volvo, vŏlūto, verso: v. CONSIDER, REFLECT UPON.

IV. Of a book: to t. over pages:

1. ēvolvo librum: v. TO READ.

2. pervŏlūto, 1: p. libros, Cic. Att. 5, 12.

3. verso, 1: t. over Greek models by night, exemplaria Graeca nocturna v. manu, Hor. A. P. 269. Phr.: to t. over a new leaf, ad bonam frugem se recipere, Cic. Coel. 12, 28.

V. To make over to another: transfĕro: v. PASS ON, TRANSFER.

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