circumvolo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

circum-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (not ante-Aug.).

I Prop., to fly around : turba (Harpyiae) praedam circumvolat, Verg. A. 3, 233: seu (me) mors atris circumvolat alis, Hor. S. 2, 1, 58; so Verg. A. 2, 360: caput, id. ib. 6, 866; Ov. M. 2, 719; 14, 507: sedem, Quint. 2, 6, 7: aliquem, * Suet. Aug. 97.— Pass. : nave circumvolatā ab halcyone, Plin. 10, 32, 47, § 90.—

II In gen., to run or hasten around : ordines exercitus, Vell. 2, 27, 2: jaculo campum, Sil. 17, 416.

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