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  • 41 volucer

    vŏlŭcer, ūcris, ūcre ( gen. plur. volucrium, Cic. ap. Charis. p. 119 P.; masc. volucris, Tib. 4, 1, 209; Sil. 10, 471; fem. volucer fama, Petr. poët. 123, 210; cf. acer; on the quantity of the u in volucris, v. Quint. 1, 5, 28), adj. [cf. 2. volo], flying, winged (class.; syn.: ales, volatilis).
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Adj.:

    bestiae,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38; id. Lael. 21, 81:

    angues,

    id. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

    dracones,

    Ov. M. 7, 218:

    Cupido,

    id. ib. 9, 482:

    natus,

    i. e. Cupid, id. ib. 5, 364:

    deus,

    i. e. Mercury, Stat. Th. 2, 55; cf.

    pes (Mercurii),

    Ov. F. 5, 88; and:

    o nuntium volucrem!

    Cic. Quint. 25, 80.—
    2.
    Subst.: vŏlū̆cris, is, f. (sc. avis, once masc., sc. ales:

    teneros volucres, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64),

    a bird, a flying creature, Lucr. 1, 12; 2, 145; 2, 344; Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81:

    marinae,

    Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 11; Ov. A. A. 3, 35; id. H. 10, 123:

    Junonis,

    i. e. the peacock, id. M. 15, 385; cf.

    Junonia,

    id. Med. Fac. 33; of the cock: volucres cecinere diem, Coripp. 1, 199; cf. Sil. 14, 22;

    the eagle,

    Luc. 6, 129:

    obscenae,

    Verg. A. 3, 241:

    Tityi volucres,

    vultures, Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 31; Hor. S. 1, 8, 6;

    of the sirens,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 87; Quint. 10, 3, 24; 12, 11, 13; Suet. Aug. 13:

    pictae,

    Verg. A. 4, 525; Ov. M. 1, 308:

    volucris parvula,

    the fly, Phaedr. 5, 3, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., of any thing that moves rapidly, flying, winged, fleet, swift, rapid (mostly poet.;

    syn. velox): lumen,

    Lucr. 6, 173; cf.:

    ritu flammarum,

    id. 1, 1102:

    fumi,

    Verg. G. 2, 217:

    aurae,

    id. A. 11, 795; Ov. M. 13, 807:

    nebulae,

    id. ib. 1, 602:

    procellae,

    id. Am. 2, 11, 33:

    sagitta,

    Verg. A. 5, 242; Ov. M. 9, 102;

    called also ferrum,

    id. Tr. 3, 10, 64:

    harundo,

    Verg. A. 5, 544:

    equi,

    Ov. M. 2, 153; 2, 234; 4, 245:

    currus,

    Hor. C. 1, 34, 8:

    volucri freta classe pererrat,

    Ov. M. 7, 460:

    jam volucrem sequor Te per gramina Martii Campi,

    speeding, running, Hor. C. 4, 1, 38 et saep.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., fleet, swift, rapid:

    nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 57:

    aliud genus (dicendi) est... verbis volucre atque incitatum,

    id. Brut. 95, 325:

    volucri spe et cogitatione rapiuntur a domo longius,

    id. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

    somnus,

    Verg. A. 2, 794:

    fatum,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 24.—
    B.
    In partic., passing quickly by, fleeting, transient, transitory:

    o volucrem fortunam,

    Cic. Sull. 32, 91:

    dies,

    Hor. C. 3, 28, 6; 4, 13, 16:

    fama,

    Ov. H. 17, 207; Petr. 123:

    gaudium,

    Tac. Or. 9.— Adv.: vŏlŭcrĭter, swiftly, rapidly (post-class.):

    congregati,

    Amm. 17, 1, 12:

    perurgebat nocentes innocentesque,

    id. 29, 1, 18.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volucer

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