advolate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →advolo, advolare, advolavi, advolatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fly to, dash to (w/DAT or ad + ACC), hasten towards;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...tamquam ad clarum ac beneficum sidus certatim advolant. Obicere se pro illo mucronibus insidiantium paratissimi et substernere corpora..."Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...quieto sequitur et placido gradu.subito latrones ex insidiis advolant,interque caedem ferro ditem sauciant:diripiunt nummos, neglegunt vile..."Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...possunt cogunt et de improviso ad Ciceronis hiberna advolant nondum ad eum fama de Tituri morte perlata. Huic..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haec maior alius terror: Latini equites cum tumultuoso advolant nuntio Volscos infesto exercitu ad urbem oppugnandam venire. Quae..."