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transvolo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : trans-vŏlo or trā-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, and n.
* To fly over or across.
* Lit.: perdices non transvolant Boeotiae fines in Atticā,Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 78: Pontum (grues),id. 10, 23, 30, § 60.
* Transf., to go, come, mount, or pass quickly over or across.
* Lit.
* Act.: Alpes, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4: Oceanum (manus Macedonum),Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31: delphini vela navium transvolant,Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 20: transvolat vox auras,flies through,Lucr. 4, 559; cf. id. 4, 602.—Poet.: importunus (Cupido) transvolat aridas Quercus (i. e. vetulas). Hor. C. 4, 13, 9.
* Trop.: illa Sallustiana brevitas ... audientem transvolat,flies past,Quint. 4, 2, 45: cogitatio animum subito transvolans,flitting through,Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 52: transvolat in medio posita et fugientia captat,passes over, neglects,Hor. S. 1, 2, 108.
* To fly over or across.
* Lit.: perdices non transvolant Boeotiae fines in Atticā,Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 78: Pontum (grues),id. 10, 23, 30, § 60.
* Transf., to go, come, mount, or pass quickly over or across.
* Lit.
* Act.: Alpes, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4: Oceanum (manus Macedonum),Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31: delphini vela navium transvolant,Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 20: transvolat vox auras,flies through,Lucr. 4, 559; cf. id. 4, 602.—Poet.: importunus (Cupido) transvolat aridas Quercus (i. e. vetulas). Hor. C. 4, 13, 9.
* Trop.: illa Sallustiana brevitas ... audientem transvolat,flies past,Quint. 4, 2, 45: cogitatio animum subito transvolans,flitting through,Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 52: transvolat in medio posita et fugientia captat,passes over, neglects,Hor. S. 1, 2, 108.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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