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vŏlātĭlis , e, adj. id.,
I.flying, winged (class.; cf. ales).
I. Lit.: “bestiae,” Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: “puer,” i. e. Cupid, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 27.—Subst.: vŏlātĭlĕ , is, n., a fowl (late Lat.): “omnia volatilia caeli,” Vulg. Ezek. 32, 4: “omne volatile,” id. Gen. 1, 21.—
II. Transf.
A. Swift, rapid: “telum,” i. e. an arrow, Lucr. 1, 970; Ov. A. A. 1, 169; id. M. 7, 841: “ferrum,” Verg. A. 4, 71: cervus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 559, 23, and 515, 20 (al. volabile).—
B. Fleeting, transitory: “aetas,” Ov. M. 10, 519: “gloria vanum et volatile quiddam est aurāque mobilius,” Sen. Ep. 123, 15: “lepra,” changing from one part to another, Vulg. Lev. 13, 57.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 1.21
    • Old Testament, Leviticus, 13.57
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.519
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.841
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.71
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.970
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.60
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 123.15
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