circum-vŏlĭto or circum vŏlĭto, āvi, 1, v. a. and n. (mostly post-Aug.).
I 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.—
II 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.