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LNS

circumvolitō, circumvolitāre, circumvolitāvī, -

circum volitō, circum volitāre, circum volitāvī, -

circumvolo

verb (1^st conjugation)

to fly around something
to rove about a place

Abbreviations

circum-volito or circum volito, āvi, 1, v. a. and n. (mostly post-Aug.). Prop., to fly around something: lacus circumvolitavit hirundo, * Verg. G. 1, 377: thyma, * Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21.

—Absol.: circumvolitantium alitum, Tac. H. 2, 50.

— In gen., of men, to rove about a place, to hover around; absol.: et circumvolitant equites, * Lucr. 2, 329; Sil. 9, 420: limina potentiorum, Col. praef. 1, § 9: agmina infestorum equitum ad conquirendas proscriptorum latebras circumvolitantia, Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 3.