circumvolat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumvolo, circumvolare, circumvolavi, circumvolatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fly/hover/flutter around; run/hasten/rush around;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...instar in ipso! sed nox atra caput tristi circumvolat umbra.' tum pater Anchises lacrimis ingressus obortis: 'o gnate..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...diverso caeli caecisque latebris turba sonans praedam pedibus circumvolat uncis, polluit ore dapes. sociis tunc arma capessant edico..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...numerusque ex agmine maior subvolat et remos plausis circumvolat alis: si volucrum quae sit subitarum forma requiris..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...longius audet abire spemque suam motis avidus circumvolat alis, sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces inclinat cursus..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...tranquilla senectus exspectat seu mors atris circumvolat alis, dives, inops, Romae, seu fors ita iusserit, exsul, quisquis erit..."