verb transitive

circum-vŏlo

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

(not ante-Aug.).

to fly around ••

Prop., to fly around: turba (Harpyiae) praedam circumvolat, Verg. A. 3, 233: seu (me) mors atris circumvolat alis, Hor. S. 2, 1, 58; so Verg. A. 2, 360: caput, id. ib. 6, 866; Ov. M. 2, 719; 14, 507: sedem, Quint. 2, 6, 7: aliquem, * Suet. Aug. 97.—Pass.: nave circumvolatā ab halcyone, Plin. 10, 32, 47, § 90.—

to run; hasten around •

In gen., to run or hasten around: ordines exercitus, Vell. 2, 27, 2: jaculo campum, Sil. 17, 416.

Perseus ID: n8374 Key: circumvolo