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volatus

volatus, a flying, flight

vŏlātus, ūs, m. [2. volo], a flying, flight.
  • I Lit. (used alike in sing. and plur.); sing.: aquilae admonitus volatu, Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26: puer audaci coepit gaudere volatu, Ov. M. 8, 223; cf. id. ib. 12, 527: non si Pegaseo ferar volatu, Cat. 55, 24.—Plur., Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; 2, 52, 129; id. Div. 1, 1, 2: dedit volatus avibus, the power of flight, Ap. Flor. 2, p. 348.—
  • II Transf., poet., of any swift motion, rapid course, swiftness, velocity, etc.: equi, Claud. Gigant. 47: celeris famae, id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 270: praeceps fatorum, Mart. 11, 91, 9.

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