The corpus record — Latin

revolo

revolo · v. n

to fly back

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Where it lives

de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

rĕ-vŏlo — Lewis & Short

rĕ-vŏlo, āre, v. n.,

I to fly back (rare but class.).

I Lit.: turdi quotannis in Italiam trans mare advolant et eodem revolant, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 7: grus, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: mergi, Verg. G. 1, 361: Daedalus ceratis alis, Ov. M. 9, 741: apis ut nulla intro revolet, Col. 9, 12, 1.—

II Transf.: telum, Ov. M. 7, 684: sol, to hasten back, Manil. 2, 193: ad aliquem, Vell. 2, 123, 2.

Where it came from

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