fly across

praeter-vŏlo, āre, v. n. and a., to fly by or past (class.).

Lit.:

praetervolans aquila,

Suet. Claud. 7.—With acc.:

quem praetervolat Ales,

Cic. Arat. 412.—

Transf., to fly or sail over, fly across:

hasta medias praetervolat auras,

Sil. 10, 114:

puppe lacum praetervolat,

Claud. B. G. 321;

in tmesi: Etrusca praeter et volate litora,

Hor. Epod. 16, 40.—

Trop., to slip by, to escape:

sententiae saepe acutae non acutorum hominum sensus praetervolant,

Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 223:

dum sententias animis attentis excipiunt, fugit eos et praetervolat numerus,

slips away, escapes, id. Or. 58, 197:

haec duo proposita non praetervolant, sed ita dilatant, ut, etc.,

i. e. do not pass over cursorily, id. Ac. 2, 13, 42.

miluus (later also, milvus), i, m., a bird of prey, a kite, glede.

Lit.:

pulmentum ei deripuit miluos... postulare ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 37; 40; id. Rud. 4, 4, 80; Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28:

miluo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

adulteretur et columba miluo, of something impossible,

Hor. Epod. 16, 32.—Of rapacious men, a kite:

male ego metuo miluos,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—Prov.:

dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberret,

so large that a kite could not fly across it, Pers. 4, 26; Juv 9, 55; Petr. 37, 8—

Transf.

A fish of prey, a gurnard:

(metuit) opertum miluus hamum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51; Ov. Hal. 95.—

A constellation:

stella Lycaoniam vergit proclivis ad Arcton Miluus,

Ov. F. 3, 794; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.

miluus (later also, milvus), i, m., a bird of prey, a kite, glede.

Lit.:

pulmentum ei deripuit miluos... postulare ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 37; 40; id. Rud. 4, 4, 80; Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28:

miluo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

adulteretur et columba miluo, of something impossible,

Hor. Epod. 16, 32.—Of rapacious men, a kite:

male ego metuo miluos,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—Prov.:

dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberret,

so large that a kite could not fly across it, Pers. 4, 26; Juv 9, 55; Petr. 37, 8—

Transf.

A fish of prey, a gurnard:

(metuit) opertum miluus hamum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51; Ov. Hal. 95.—

A constellation:

stella Lycaoniam vergit proclivis ad Arcton Miluus,

Ov. F. 3, 794; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.

năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.

Lit.:

qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

natant pisces aequore,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

natat uncta carina,

floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

crura natantia,

palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

apta natando crura,

id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

naufragus natans,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

Ithacum lugere natantem,

Juv. 10, 257.—

Poet., with acc.:

nocte natat caecā serus freta,

swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

aquas,

to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

Tiberinum,

to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

quot piscibus unda natatur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —

Transf.

To swim or spread about ( poet.):

quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

Ov. F. 4, 291:

natantibus radicibus,

Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

Stat. Th. 2, 42:

niveo natat ignis in ore,

id. Achill. 1, 161.—

To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).

With abl.:

natabant pavimenta vino,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

plenis Rura natant fossis,

are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

id. A. 3, 625:

fletibus ora natant,

Stat. Th. 2, 337:

carmina in ipse ore natant,

id. S. 2, 1, 18.—

Absol.:

exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

Luc. 4, 330:

plana natant,

Sil. 4, 751.—

Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

vinis oculique animique natabant,

Ov. F. 6, 673:

moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

ante oculos natant tenebrae,

Ov. M. 12, 136:

oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

Quint. 4, 3, 76.—

To move to and fro, not stand still:

nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—

Of birds, to fly:

ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

Luc. 5, 554.—

Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

genus omne natantum,

Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.

Lit.:

qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

natant pisces aequore,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

natat uncta carina,

floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

crura natantia,

palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

apta natando crura,

id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

naufragus natans,

Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

Ithacum lugere natantem,

Juv. 10, 257.—

Poet., with acc.:

nocte natat caecā serus freta,

swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

aquas,

to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

Tiberinum,

to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

quot piscibus unda natatur,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —

Transf.

To swim or spread about ( poet.):

quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

Ov. F. 4, 291:

natantibus radicibus,

Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

Stat. Th. 2, 42:

niveo natat ignis in ore,

id. Achill. 1, 161.—

To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).

With abl.:

natabant pavimenta vino,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

plenis Rura natant fossis,

are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

id. A. 3, 625:

fletibus ora natant,

Stat. Th. 2, 337:

carmina in ipse ore natant,

id. S. 2, 1, 18.—

Absol.:

exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

Luc. 4, 330:

plana natant,

Sil. 4, 751.—

Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

vinis oculique animique natabant,

Ov. F. 6, 673:

moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

ante oculos natant tenebrae,

Ov. M. 12, 136:

oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

Quint. 4, 3, 76.—

To move to and fro, not stand still:

nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—

Of birds, to fly:

ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

Luc. 5, 554.—

Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

genus omne natantum,

Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

trans-vŏlo or trā-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to fly over or across.

Lit.:

perdices non transvolant Boeotiae fines in Atticā,

Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 78:

Pontum (grues),

id. 10, 23, 30, § 60. —

Transf., to go, come, mount, or pass quickly over or across.

Lit.

Act.: Alpes, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4:

Oceanum (manus Macedonum),

Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31:

delphini vela navium transvolant,

Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 20:

transvolat vox auras,

flies through, Lucr. 4, 559; cf. id. 4, 602.— Poet.: importunus (Cupido) transvolat aridas Quercus (i. e. vetulas). Hor. C. 4, 13, 9.—

Neutr.:

foraminibus liquidus quia transvolat ignis,

Lucr. 6, 349: eques transvolat inde in partem alteram, Liv. 3, 63, 2: Nilus insulas dierum quinque cursu non breviore transvolat, flows by or past, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

vultur relicto Tityo,

Sen. Hippol. 1233:

(arma) Travolaverunt ad hostes,

Plaut. Ep. 1. 1, 33 (for transfugerunt, id. ib. 1, 1, 28).—

Trop.:

illa Sallustiana brevitas... audientem transvolat,

flies past, Quint. 4, 2, 45:

cogitatio animum subito transvolans,

flitting through, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 52:

transvolat in medio posita et fugientia captat,

passes over, neglects, Hor. S. 1, 2, 108.

trāno ( transno), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [trans-no], to swim over or across, to swim through.

Lit.:

in Tiberim desiluit et incolumis ad suos tranavit,

Liv. 2, 10, 11:

perpauci viribus confisi tranare contenderunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

flumen,

id. B. C. 1, 48 fin.; Hirt. B. Alex. 29; Curt. 7, 7, 15; 7, 5, 18:

flumina,

Verg. G. 3, 270:

amnes,

Lucr. 1, 14:

Gangem,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 23:

aquas,

Quint. 2, 16, 13:

paludem,

Curt. 9, 1, 18:

Lethaeas per undas,

Verg. Cul. 213.— In pass.:

obsequio tranantur aquae,

Ov. A. A. 2, 181; so,

Eridanus tranandus,

Verg. Cul. 258.—

Transf., in gen., to go, sail, fly, or pierce through, penetrate, permeate (mostly poet.):

auras,

Lucr. 4, 177:

ut parvum tranans geminaverit orbem,

Cic. Arat. 403 (650):

id cernemus toto genere hoc igneo, quod tranat omnia,

id. N. D. 2, 9, 25;

for which: per auras,

Sil. 3, 682; 13, 185; cf.:

turbida nubila,

Verg. A. 4, 246:

flumina sublimi curru,

Stat. Th. 9, 311:

ingentia spatia,

Sil. 16, 335:

foramina,

Lucr. 4, 601:

pectus viri (hasta),

Sil. 13, 238:

pericula,

id. 17, 366.