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vŏlĭto , āvi, ātum, 1,
I.v. freq. n. [2. volo], to fly to and fro, to fly or flit about, to flutter (class.).
II. Trop., to fly, fly or flutter about, fly to and fro, etc.: nemo me lacrimis decoret nec funera fletu Faxit. Cur? Volito vivu' per ora virūm, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; cf. id. Sen. 20, 73 (Epigr. v. 4, p. 162 Vahl.): “speremus nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26: “si nostri animi ... gestiant ac volitare cupiant vacui curā ac labore,to wander about, id. de Or. 2, 6, 23: “valebis apud hominem volitantem gloriae cupiditate, vir moderatus et constans,soaring, aspiring, id. Pis. 25, 59; cf.: “cupis volitare per auras,Mart. 1, 4, 11: nec volitabo in hoc insolentius, fly into a passion, Cic. Fl. 16, 38: “(Clodius) volitat, furit,id. Att. 2, 22, 1.
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