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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=devolo devolare, devolavi, devolatus V :: fly down or away; hasten down, hasten away
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dē-vŏlo</b>: āre,<br /><b>I</b> v. n., to [[fly]] [[down]] or [[away]] ([[very]] [[rare]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[fly]] [[down]]: devolant angues jubati [[deorsum]] in [[impluvium]], Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56: [[Iris]] per [[caelum]], Verg. A. 4, 702: sibi de [[caelo]] devolaturam in [[sinum]] victoriam, Liv. 7, 12, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[fly]] [[away]]: [[turdus]] devolet [[illuc]], ubi, etc., Hor. S. 2, 5, 11: phoenicem devolavisse in Aegyptum, Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[hasten]] [[down]], to [[fly]] or [[hasten]] [[away]]: de tribunali, Liv. 2, 29: in terram, Lucr. 6, 205: praecipites in [[forum]], Liv. 3, 15; cf.: [[raptim]] ad puerum, Petr. 105, 8: ab afflicta [[amicitia]] transfugere [[atque]] ad florentem aliam devolare, * Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf. absol. Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēvŏlō</b>,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, intr., descendre en volant, s’abattre, fondre sur : Ov. M. 3, 420 ; Liv. 7, 12, 13 &#124;&#124; [fig.] descendre en hâte, s’élancer de, voler vers : Liv. 2, 29, 3 ; 3, 15, 6 ; Cic. Quinct. 93.||[fig.] descendre en hâte, s’élancer de, voler vers : Liv. 2, 29, 3 ; 3, 15, 6 ; Cic. Quinct. 93.
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{{Georges
|georg=dē-[[volo]], āvī, ātum, āre, I) [[herabfliegen]], 1) eig., [[von]] Vögeln u. geflügelten [[Wesen]]: cum [[psittacus]] devolat, rostro se excipit, Plin.: dev. [[vehementer]], Apul.: per [[caelum]] (v. der [[Iris]]), Verg.: in tabernam, Liv.: in oppositam sutrinam, Plin.: in multas devolat [[ales]] aves (v. [[Adler]]), Ov. – dah. scherzh., [[sibi]] de [[caelo]] devolaturam in [[sinum]] victoriam, ihm [[gleichsam]] in den [[Schoß]] [[fliegen]], Liv. 7, 12, 13. – 2) übtr., herabschießen, -[[stürzen]], -[[eilen]], devolant angues iubati [[deorsum]] in [[impluvium]] [[duo]] maxumi, Plaut. Amph. 1108. – v. Pers., [[ipse]] ([[vigil]]) devolat, Plin.: [[inde]] dev., Apul.: properatis dev. armis, Sil.: de tribunali, Liv.: praecipites pavore in [[forum]], Liv.: in portum, zum H. hinabeilen, Plin. – v. Lebl., [[mobilis]] [[ille]] devolat in terram liquidi [[color]] [[aureus]] [[ignis]], Lucr. 6, 204 sq. – II) [[davon]]-, [[fort]]-, [[hinüberfliegen]] (-[[flattern]]), 1) eig., v. Vögeln, [[turdus]] devolat [[illuc]], [[ubi]] etc., Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 5, 11: phoenicem devolavisse in Aegyptum, Plin. 10, 5. – 2) übtr., [[weg]]-, davoneilen, [[hinübereilen]], v. Pers., ad puerum [[raptim]], Petron.: ad florentem (amicitiam), Cic.: absol., devolant omnes, [[eilen]] [[davon]], [[lassen]] [[uns]] im Stiche, Cornif. rhet. 4, 24.
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