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circum-vŏlĭto or circum vŏlĭto , āvi, 1, v. a. and n. (mostly post-Aug.).
I. Prop., to fly around something: lacus circumvolitavit hirundo, * Verg. G. 1, 377: thyma, * Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21.—Absol.: “circumvolitantium alitum,” Tac. H. 2, 50.—
II. In gen., of men, to rove about a place, to hover around; absol.: et circumvolitant equites, * Lucr. 2, 329; Sil. 9, 420: “limina potentiorum, Col. praef. 1, § 9: agmina infestorum equitum ad conquirendas proscriptorum latebras circumvolitantia,” Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 3.
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 (4):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.377
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.50
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.329
    • Seneca, de Ira, 2.9.3
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