volare

volare [CL] 1 (of winged creature or sim.) to move through the air, fly (also fig.); b (of projectile, thing borne by the wind, or sim.); c (of fame, rumour, or sim.). d (pr. ppl. as adj.) able to fly, flying. e (falc., esp. w. ad) to hunt by flying, fly (at), (also p. ppl. as. sb. n.) quarry. monstrum quoddam nocturnum ‥ per umbram caeli et terrae ~abat Lib. Monstr. I 42; vidit ‥ daemones per ignem ~antes Bede HE III 19 p. 166; machino pro machinor proclamant sophiste / qui volando decidunt veluti locuste Qui majora cernitis 184; pennas manibus et pedibus ‥ innexuerat, ut Dedali more ~aret W. Malm. GR II 225; ordo sanctus Cisterciensium ‥ jam ~antium super pennas ventorum [cf. Psalm. xvii 11] Gir. GE II 24 p. 284; nullus ‥ neget quod Deus non posset muscam facere non ~are R. Marston QD 446; aves celi ‥ ~ant sursum et sedent super ramos virides AncrR 41; vireo docilis ‥ sed male ~at Turner Av. (1903) 172.  b nubes ~antes Gosc. Aug. Min. 750C; fragmentum illud, repercusso a terra impetu, in oculum percussoris ~avit W. Malm. GP IV 183; fedus in ede sacra fumus ubique volat L. Durh. Dial. II 496; volant tela Cytherei P. Blois Carm. 9. 1; 1214 sagitta ‥ ~avit juxta manum illius qui portaverat candelam SelPlCrown 115; folia subtilissima que qualibet levi impulsu ~ant per aera Alph. 142.  c rumor ubique volans aegros facit undique sanctum / visere Wulf. Swith. I 1470; fama ~avit et ~abit Gir. SD 18; superbia ‥ cum aliquando ~are videtur, ad terram cito relabitur Neckam NR I 39.  d 1357 omnes illos cignos ‥ ~antes vel non ~antes quos signo ipsius principis inveniri contigerit esse signatos Pat 252 m. 3d..  e 1219 quod ~are faciat Refuse falconem ‥ regis ‥ cum Blakemanno falcone ‥ regis Cl 401b; 1290 ad faciendum girfalcones suos ~are ad grues KR Ac 352/20 m. 2; 1291 cum uno girfalcone regis qui prius ~avit ad heyrones et modo ~abit ad grues Ib. 352/26 m. 1. 2 (her., pr. ppl. as adj.) soaring, rising. aquilae situs triplex, procidens, ~ans, erectus vel expansus. ‥ ~ans qui a remigio alarum pendet in aere Spelman Asp. 127. 3 (of substance) to evaporate, vaporize. convertet Martem in Lunam et constringet omnes spiritus ~antes M. Scot Lumen 242; de spiritibus ~antibus: sunt ‥ quidam spiritus qui recedunt ab igne et in fumum convertuntur Ib. 263. 4 to move swiftly or rapidly, speed along, fly. secundis flatibus navis tuta ~abat Bede HE I 17 p. 34; 798 venit viator ~ando, quaestionariam auctoritatis vestrae habens in manu cartam Alcuin Ep. 155; s892 ibique construunt classem, primnas dant ventis, ~ant rostra ad Anglicas partes Æthelw. IV 3 p. 48; flumen obest precepsque volans in valle profunda / obstat L. Durh. Dial. I 291; volantis apri vestigia nare sagaci / promptus ad ista canis certat ubique sequi Ib. II 63; rex ‥ ~at in ejus occursum Devizes f. 29; s1286 rex ‥ equitando ~avit ‥ in litore maris ex parte occidentali Plusc. VII 32.