volito
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vŏlĭto: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. freq. n. [2. volo, to fly to and fro, to fly or flit about, to flutter (class.).
I 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. —
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.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vŏlĭtō,¹⁰ āvī, ātum, āre (volare), intr.,
1 voltiger, voleter, voler ça et là : Cic. de Or. 2, 23 ; Ov. M. 8, 258 ; Plin. 11, 98 || [en parl. des atomes] Cic. Nat. 1, 54 ; des ombres] Lucr. 4, 38
2 courir çà et là, aller et venir : Liv. 4, 19, 2 ; Virg. En. 12, 126 || s’agiter avec importance, se démener : Cic. de Or. 1, 173 ; Agr. 2, 59
3 [fig.] volitare per ora virum Enn. d. Cic. CM 73, voler de bouche en bouche, être l’entretien de tous les hommes, cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 26 ; homo volitans gloriæ cupiditate Cic. Pis. 59, homme qui court çà et là par désir de la gloire = qui court après la gloire ; nec volitabo in hoc insolentius Cic. Fl. 38, et je ne me démènerai pas sur ce point d’une façon trop triomphante, je n’insisterai pas triomphalement sur ce point.
