subvolo

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

sub-vŏlo, āre, v. n.,

to fly up or upwards (rare but class.): hae (partes corporum) sursum in caelestem locum subvo lent, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: avis, Ov. M. 11, 790: ex agmine, id. ib. 14, 507: praepes, id. ib. 14, 577: ad capita, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 16 fin. : alte, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 6, 3.

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