to fly by, pass in flight: praetervolans corvus glaebam amisit, Cu.: (equum)
praetervolat Ales.—In tmesi: Etrusca praeter et volate litora,
H.—Fig., to slip by, escape: sententiae saepe hominum
sensūs praetervolant: occasionis opportunitas praetervolat, L.:
haec duo proposita, i. e. pass over cursorily.
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