volitantia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →volito, volitare, volitavi, volitatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
fly about, hover over;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...resonos latus accipit ictus, vela super tremulum subitus volitantia malum turbo rapit. qui tum Minyis trepidantibus horror..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...incubuit stratis somnosque petivit, multa modis simulacra videt volitantia miris et varias audit voces fruiturque deorum conloquio atque..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...teneras turbavit ianua frondes, numquam deinde cavo volitantia prendere saxo nec revocare situs aut iungere carmina curat: inconsulti..."