verb intransitive

per-vŏlo

2nd PP per-vŏlāre · 3rd PP per-vŏlāvi · 4th PP per-vŏlātum · conj. 1st

To fly through; about ••

To fly through or about a place: aedes, Verg. A. 12, 473: aërium iter, Ov. F. 2, 252: rumor agitatis pervolat alis, id. ib. 6, 527: Flaminiam, Juv. 1, 61.—

To fly

To fly to a place: Pegasus in nitentem pervolaturus aetheram, Poët. ap. Aug. Music. 3, 3: animus velocius in hanc sedem pervolabit, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29.—

to fly; dart through; to pass quickly over by extension ••

Transf., of swift motion in gen., to fly or dart through, to pass quickly over or through: perque volare mare ac terras (of the sun's beams), Lucr. 4, 203: sex et quinquaginta milia passuum cisiis pervolavit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19: totam urbem, Juv. 6, 398; cf.: axe citato Flaminiam, id. 1, 60.

Perseus ID: n35747 Key: pervolo1