circum-vŏlĭto or — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

circum-vŏlĭto or circum vŏlĭto, āvi, 1, v. a. and n. (mostly post-Aug.). Prop., to fly around something: lacus circumvolitavit hirundo, * Verg. G. 1, 377: thyma, * Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21.—Absol.: circumvolitantium alitum, Tac. H. 2, 50.— In gen., of men, to rove about a place, to hover around; absol.: et circumvolitant equites, * Lucr. 2, 329; Sil. 9, 420: limina potentiorum, Col. praef. 1, § 9: agmina infestorum equitum ad conquirendas proscriptorum latebras circumvolitantia, Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 3.

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Headword:

circum-vŏlĭto or

Headword (normalized):

circum-vŏlĭto or

Headword (normalized/stripped):

circum-volito or

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IDX:

8385

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n8373

Key:

circumvolito

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