advolo

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Latin

Etymology

From ad- (to, towards, at) +‎ volō (fly).

Pronunciation

Verb

advolō (present infinitive advolāre, perfect active advolāvī, supine advolātum); first conjugation

  1. to fly to or toward
    • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.124:
      Legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, quae Platalea nominaretur, eam sibi cibum quaerere advolantem ad eas aves, quae se in mari mergerent
      I have even read in a book that there is a bird called the spoonbill, which procures its food by flying towards those birds which dive in the sea
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.45.162:
      Papilio quoque lucernarum luminibus advolans inter mala medicamenta numeratur
      The moth, also, flying to the flame of a lamp is numbered among the noxious substances
    • 1698, Thomas Burnet, Thesaurus medicinae practicae 5.343:
      advolo ego citato equo
      I fly towards him at full gallop
  2. (figuratively) to run, dash or come to or toward, swoop on

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

References

  • advolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • advolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • advolo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.