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praetervolo

praetervolo, to fly by, pass in flight

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praetervolans Verb: present active participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter accusative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter vocative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter nominative singular of praetervolo

See praetervolans in Morpho

praeter-vŏlo, āre, v. n. and a., to fly by or past (class.).
  • I Lit.: praetervolans aquila, Suet. Claud. 7.—With acc.: quem praetervolat Ales, Cic. Arat. 412.—
    • B Transf., to fly or sail over, fly across: hasta medias praetervolat auras, Sil. 10, 114: puppe lacum praetervolat, Claud. B. G. 321; in tmesi: Etrusca praeter et volate litora, Hor. Epod. 16, 40.—
  • II Trop., to slip by, to escape: sententiae saepe acutae non acutorum hominum sensus praetervolant, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 223: dum sententias animis attentis excipiunt, fugit eos et praetervolat numerus, slips away, escapes, id. Or. 58, 197: haec duo proposita non praetervolant, sed ita dilatant, ut, etc., i.e. do not pass over cursorily, id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 13, 42.

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