volucer

volucer ucris, ucre (genplur. -crum, rarely -crium, C.), adj.

3 VOL-, flying, winged : bestiae: angues: dracones, O.: natus, i. e. Cupid , O.—As subst f . (sc. avis), a bird, flying creature : volucrīs videmus effingere nidos: Iunonis, i. e. the peacock , O.: inportunae, H.: pictae, V.: volucris parvula (of a fly), Ph.—Once masc. : teneros volucrīs peremit (sc. alites), C.poët.— In rapid motion, flying, winged, fleet, swift, rapid, soaring : nuntius: aurae, V.: nebulae, O.: harundo, V.: iam volucrem sequor Te, fleeing swiftly , H.—Fig., fleet, swift, rapid : nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum: spes: somnus, V.: fatum, H.— Passing quickly, fleeting, transient, transitory : fortuna: dies, H.: fama, O.