volō āvī, ātūrus, āre 2 VOL-, to fly: ex alto . . . laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. C.: per aera magnum, V.: columbae venere volantes, V.: apes, O.

—P. praes. plur. f. as subst: haud ullae poterant volantes Tendere, etc., i. e. birds, V.

—To fly, move swiftly, fleet, speed, hasten: per summa levis volat aequora curru, V.: Illa (Argo) volat, O.: tela, S.: litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur.

—Fig., of time, to fly, pass swiftly: volat aetas.

—Of words, to fly, spread rapidly, pass quickly: Quae tuto tibi magna volant, i. e. are uttered nimbly, V.: volat inrevocabile verbum, H.