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volaticus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : vŏlātĭcus, a, um, 2. volo
* Flying, winged.
* Lit.: homines,Plaut. Poen. 2, 27 sq.: Pegasus,App. M. 8, p. 208, 32.
* Transf.
* Fleeting, flighty, volatile, inconstant, transitory: o Academiam volaticam et sui similem, modo huc, modo illuc!Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3: volaticum esse ac levem,Sen. Ep. 42, 5: Psyche (with fugitiva),App. M. 5, p. 172 fin.: gaudium,Tert. Poen. 11: desideria formae (with temporalia),id. ad Uxor. 1, 4.
* Fickle, turning from one to another: suspicari illius furentis et volaticos impetus in se ipsos posse converti,Cic. Har. Resp. 22, 46.
* As subst.: vŏlātĭca, ae, f.
* A witch, sorceress, acc. to Fest. s. v. strigem, p. 314 Müll.
* Witchcraft, sorcery, Tert. Pall. 6.
* Flying, winged.
* Lit.: homines,Plaut. Poen. 2, 27 sq.: Pegasus,App. M. 8, p. 208, 32.
* Transf.
* Fleeting, flighty, volatile, inconstant, transitory: o Academiam volaticam et sui similem, modo huc, modo illuc!Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3: volaticum esse ac levem,Sen. Ep. 42, 5: Psyche (with fugitiva),App. M. 5, p. 172 fin.: gaudium,Tert. Poen. 11: desideria formae (with temporalia),id. ad Uxor. 1, 4.
* Fickle, turning from one to another: suspicari illius furentis et volaticos impetus in se ipsos posse converti,Cic. Har. Resp. 22, 46.
* As subst.: vŏlātĭca, ae, f.
* A witch, sorceress, acc. to Fest. s. v. strigem, p. 314 Müll.
* Witchcraft, sorcery, Tert. Pall. 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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