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  • 1 volito

    vŏlĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [2. volo], to fly to and fro, to fly or flit about, to flutter (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aves volitare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23:

    (volucris) propter humum volitat,

    Ov. M. 8, 258:

    volitant alii (scarabaei) magno cum murmure,

    Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98. —
    B.
    Transf., to fly, hasten, or hover about; to flutter, float about:

    volitans totā acie,

    Liv. 4, 19, 2:

    mediis in millibus ductores,

    Verg. A. 12, 126:

    volitabit et vagabitur in foro,

    Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51; cf.:

    totā Asiā vagatur, volitat ut rex,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 6:

    volitare in foro,

    id. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

    volitat ante oculos istorum Jubae regis filius,

    id. Agr. 2, 22, 59:

    pacatum volitant per mare navitae,

    Hor. C. 4, 5, 19:

    tribuni praefectique cum terrore et armatorum catervis volitabant,

    Tac. H. 2, 88 fin.; cf. Cic. Sest. 1, 1. —Of things concr. and abstr.:

    quae (rerum simulacra) quasi membranae summo de corpore rerum Dereptae volitant ultro citroque per auras,

    Lucr. 4, 32; cf. id. 4, 62:

    solidissima materiaï Corpora perpetuo volitare,

    hover, float about, id. 1, 952;

    so of atoms,

    id. 2, 380; 3, 33; Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:

    stellae,

    id. Arat. 180:

    atra favilla in nimbo,

    Verg. A. 5, 666:

    umbrae inter vivos,

    Lucr. 4, 38:

    circum litora,

    Verg. A. 6, 329:

    et tenues animae volitare silentum,

    Ov. M. 14, 411:

    voces per auras,

    Lucr. 4, 221.—
    II.
    Trop., to fly, fly or flutter about, fly to and fro, etc.: nemo me lacrimis decoret nec funera fletu Faxit. Cur? Volito vivu' per ora virūm, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; cf. id. Sen. 20, 73 (Epigr. v. 4, p. 162 Vahl.):

    speremus nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    si nostri animi... gestiant ac volitare cupiant vacui curā ac labore,

    to wander about, id. de Or. 2, 6, 23:

    valebis apud hominem volitantem gloriae cupiditate, vir moderatus et constans,

    soaring, aspiring, id. Pis. 25, 59; cf.:

    cupis volitare per auras,

    Mart. 1, 4, 11: nec volitabo in hoc insolentius, fly into a passion, Cic. Fl. 16, 38:

    (Clodius) volitat, furit,

    id. Att. 2, 22, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volito

  • 2 volitō

        volitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [2 volo], to fly to and fro, fly around, flit about, flutter: aves volitare: (volucris) Propter humum volitat, O.: aquila cum magno clamore volitans, L.—To fly about, flutter, float around, hover, wander: volitans totā acie, L.: mediis in milibus Ductores, V.: totā Asiā vagatur, volitat ut rex: volitant per mare navitae, cruise, H.: stellae: litora circum, V.: et tenues animae volitare silentum, O.: si nostri animi... volitare cupiant vacui curā, to wander about.— Fig., to fly, flutter about, fly to and fro, move: volito vivu' per ora virūm, Enn. ap. C.: speremus nostrum nomen volitare latissime.—To aspire, rise, be elevated, be elated: nec volitabo in hoc insolentius: (Clodius) volitat, furit.
    * * *
    volitare, volitavi, volitatus V
    fly about, hover over

    Latin-English dictionary > volitō

  • 3 volito

    to rush back and forth, flutter, flit about / hurry, hasten.

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > volito

  • 4 vibro

    vī̆bro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [cf. Sanscr. vip, to tremble].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    hastas ante pugnam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

    hastam,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 29:

    flamina vestes,

    to cause to flutter, Ov. M. 1, 528:

    faces,

    Claud. Epith. 97:

    multifidas linguas (draco),

    Val. Fl. 1, 61:

    tremor vibrat ossa,

    makes tremble, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 152:

    viscera vibrantur (equitando),

    are shaken about, Tac. A. 12, 51:

    impositus scuto more gentis et sustinentium umeris vibratus, dux eligitur,

    id. H. 4, 15:

    digitis vibratis jactare sententias,

    Quint. 11, 3, 120:

    thyrsum manu,

    Sen. Oedip. 420:

    serpens squalidum crista caput vibrans,

    id. Herc. Oet. 1254.— Poet.:

    vibrata flammis aequora,

    i. e. glimmering, sparkling, Val. Fl. 8, 306:

    crines vibrati,

    i. e. curled, frizzled, Verg. A. 12, 100; Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189.—

    Mid.: sic mea vibrari pallentia membra videres,

    Ov. H. 11, 77.—
    2.
    Transf., to throw with a vibratory motion, to launch, hurl:

    sicas et spargere venena,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

    conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

    Curt. 3, 11, 4:

    tremulum excusso jaculum lacerto,

    Ov. H. 4, 43:

    per auras spicula,

    id. M. 8, 374:

    fulmina (Juppiter),

    id. ib. 2, 308; cf.:

    vibratus ab aethere fulgor,

    Verg. A. 8, 524:

    jaculum ex arborum ramis vibrari,

    Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of language, to fling, hurl, launch:

    truces vibrare iambos,

    Cat. 36, 5; cf. 2. vibratus, II.—
    2.
    To threaten:

    tela undique mortem vibrantia,

    Amm. 31, 13, 2. —
    II. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., to shake, quiver, vibrate, tremble:

    linguā vibrante (serpentis),

    Lucr. 3, 657; Ov. M. 3, 34:

    terrae motus non simplici modo quatitur, sed tremit vibratque,

    Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 194.—
    2.
    Of the voice or sounds, to tremble:

    (haec vox) sonat adhuc et vibrat in auribus meis,

    Sen. Prov. 3, 3; cf.:

    sonus lusciniae vibrans,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

    querelā adhuc vibrante,

    Val. Max. 5, 3, 2:

    ejusmodi fabulae vibrabant,

    Petr. 47.—
    3.
    To glimmer, glitter, gleam, scintillate, etc.:

    mare, quā a sole collucet, albescit et vibrat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105: signa, Flor. 3, 11:

    in tremulo vibrant incendia ponto,

    Sil. 2, 664; Val. Fl. 2, 583; 2, 342; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2.—Of bright weapons:

    juvenes Tela tenent dextrā lato vibrantia ferro,

    Ov. M. 8, 342:

    gladius,

    Verg. A. 9, 769; cf.:

    clipeum Vibranti medium cuspis transverberat ictu,

    id. ib. 10, 484.—
    B.
    Trop., of language:

    cujus (Demosthenis) non tam vibrarent fulmina illa, nisi numeris contorta ferrentur,

    would not have been hurled with such vigor, Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf.:

    oratio incitata et vibrans,

    id. Brut. 95, 326:

    sententiae,

    Quint. 10, 1, 60; 11, 3, 120. —Hence, vĭbrātus, a, um, P. a., impetuous, forcible:

    iambus flammis fulminis vibratior,

    Aus. Ep. 21, 5.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vibro

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