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.
