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|lshtext=<b>vŏlĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. freq. n. [2. [[volo]], to [[fly]] to and [[fro]], to [[fly]] or [[flit]] [[about]], to [[flutter]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: aves volitare, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23: ([[volucris]]) [[propter]] humum volitat, Ov. M. 8, 258: volitant alii (scarabaei) magno cum murmure, Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[fly]], [[hasten]], or [[hover]] [[about]]; to [[flutter]], [[float]] [[about]]: volitans totā acie, Liv. 4, 19, 2: mediis in millibus ductores, Verg. A. 12, 126: volitabit et vagabitur in [[foro]], Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51; cf.: totā Asiā vagatur, volitat ut rex, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 6: volitare in [[foro]], id. de Or. 1, 38, 173: volitat [[ante]] oculos istorum Jubae regis [[filius]], id. Agr. 2, 22, 59: [[pacatum]] volitant per [[mare]] navitae, Hor. C. 4, 5, 19: tribuni praefectique cum terrore et armatorum catervis volitabant, Tac. H. 2, 88 fin.; cf. Cic. Sest. 1, 1. —Of things concr. and abstr.: quae (rerum simulacra) [[quasi]] membranae summo de corpore rerum Dereptae volitant [[ultro]] citroque per auras, Lucr. 4, 32; cf. id. 4, 62: solidissima materiaï Corpora [[perpetuo]] volitare, [[hover]], [[float]] [[about]], id. 1, 952; so of atoms, id. 2, 380; 3, 33; Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54: stellae, id. Arat. 180: atra [[favilla]] in nimbo, Verg. A. 5, 666: umbrae [[inter]] vivos, Lucr. 4, 38: [[circum]] litora, Verg. A. 6, 329: et tenues animae volitare silentum, Ov. M. 14, 411: voces per auras, Lucr. 4, 221.—<br /><b>II</b> 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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|georg=volito, āvī, ātum, āre (Intens. v. [[volo]], āre, s. [[Prisc]]. 8, 74), I) [[umher]]-, [[herum]]-, [[hin]] und her [[fliegen]], -[[flattern]], 1) eig.: a) v. Vögeln usw.: Diomedeae aves congreges ([[herdenweise]]) volitant, Solin.: [[quemadmodum]] volucres videmus levandi laboris causā [[passim]] ac [[libere]] solutas opere volitare, Cic.: [[haec]] [[volucris]] [[propter]] humum volitat, Ov.: [[aquila]] [[super]] [[carpentum]] cum magno clangore volitans, Liv.: volitant [[alii]] cum murmure ([[von]] Käfern), Plin.: [[avicula]] [[circa]] cubantem feram volitans [[blande]], Amm. – b) v. Lebl.: [[hic]] [[aliae]] (stellae) volitant, Cic. poët.: atram in nimbo volitare favillam, Verg.: atomorum [[vis]] infinita volitat, Cic.: [[quod]] [[spiritus]] per terram volitentur, Lact.: umbrae volitant [[inter]] vivos, Lucr.: [[sicut]] [[fulica]] [[levis]] volitat [[super]] aequora [[classis]], Fur. Ant. [[bei]] Gell.: trepidantia ad conspectum novae [[rei]] carpenta volitabant, flogen [[dahin]] (eilten [[davon]]), [[Flor]]. 3, 10, 17. – 2) bildl., herumfliegen, a) [[von]] der [[Seele]], [[frei]] [[von]] Geschäften [[sein]], [[sich]] eine [[Erholung]] [[gönnen]], Cic. de or. 2, 23. – b) v. Menschen, per [[ora]] virûm, [[sehr]] gelobt, gepriesen [[werden]], Enn. fr. var. 18 ([[bei]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 34). – c) v. Menschen, die, unmäßige Wünsche hegend, zum Höheren [[aufstreben]], gleichs. [[immer]] in höheren Regionen [[schweben]], aetherias, [[lascive]], cupis volitare per auras, Mart. 1, 3, 11: [[homo]] volitans gloriae cupiditate (Ggstz. [[vir]] [[moderatus]] et [[constans]]), Cic. Pis. 59. – II) übtr., umherfliegen, umherrennen, [[sich]] umhertummeln, [[sich]] [[keck]] umhertreiben, [[keck]] umherschwärmen, [[keck]] [[sein]] [[Wesen]] [[treiben]] (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 2, 88 extr. [[Halm]] Cic. Sest. 1), 1) eig.: totā acie, Liv.: per Cheruscos, Tac.: in [[foro]], Cic.: cum gladiis toto [[foro]], Cic.: [[ante]] oculos istorum, Cic.: in armis, Cic.: alacres laetosque ([[lustig]] u. guter Dinge) volitare, Cic. – 2) bildl., [[sich]] [[mit]] [[einer]] gewissen [[Prahlerei]] [[zeigen]], [[sich]] [[sehen]] [[lassen]], volitat ut [[rex]], brüstet [[sich]], Cic.: cum [[illa]] [[coniuratio]] [[palam]] volitaret, Cic.: [[nunc]] [[vero]] [[non]] insultabo vehementius [[nec]] volitabo in [[hoc]] insolentius, [[noch]] mich in ungemessener [[Rede]] [[darüber]] [[verbreiten]], Cic.

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