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vŏlātus , ūs, m. id.,
I.a flying, flight.
I. Lit. (used alike in sing. and plur.); sing.: “aquilae admonitus volatu,” Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26: “puer audaci coepit gaudere volatu,” Ov. M. 8, 223; cf. id. ib. 12, 527: “non si Pegaseo ferar volatu,” Cat. 55, 24.—Plur., Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; 2, 52, 129; id. Div. 1, 1, 2: “dedit volatus avibus,” the power of flight, App. Flor. 2, p. 348.—
II. Transf., poet., of any swift motion, rapid course, swiftness, velocity, etc.: “equi,” Claud. Gigant. 47: “celeris famae,” id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 270: “praeceps fatorum,” Mart. 11, 91, 9.
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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.527
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.223
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.39
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.1
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.15
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