altĭvŏlans, antis, adj. [alte-volans],
flying high , soaring : genus antivolantum (i. e. aves), Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 84 Vahl.): altivolans solis rota, * Lucr. 5, 433.
altivolāns ntis, adj.alte + volans, high-flying, soaring (poet.): altivolantes, as subst, birds ,...
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