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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."