I. Lit.
A. To fly through or about a place: “aedes,” Verg. A. 12, 473: “aërium iter,” Ov. F. 2, 252: “rumor agitatis pervolat alis,” id. ib. 6, 527: “Flaminiam,” Juv. 1, 61.—
B. To fly to a place: Pegasus in nitentem pervolaturus aetheram, Poët. ap. Aug. Music. 3, 3: animus velocius in hanc sedem pervolabit, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29.—
II. Transf., of swift motion in gen., to fly or dart through, to pass quickly over or through: “perque volare mare ac terras (of the sun's beams),” Lucr. 4, 203: “sex et quinquaginta milia passuum cisiis pervolavit,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19: “totam urbem,” Juv. 6, 398; cf.: “axe citato Flaminiam,” id. 1, 60.