supervolare

supervolare [CL] 1 (intr.) to fly above or over. aquila dum pugnabatur ~ans victoriam dicitur contulisse J. Sal. Pol. 411A. 2 (trans.) to fly above or over (also fig.); b (transf.). columba candidissima ~averit glebam beatissimi Yvonis Gosc. V. Iv. 88B; similiter et aves, licet non corpore, omnes tamen ~at [homo] ingeniosa racione Gros. Hexaem. VIII 13; avis evitat laqueos et terrena ~at Chaundler Apol. f. 22a. b illud Cesarianum ‥ quod quondam victis Gallis cum Alpes ~aret inquid Greg. Mir. Rom. 1.

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