trans-vŏlo — Lewis & Short
trans-vŏlo or trā-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.,
I to fly over or across.
I Lit.:
perdices non transvolant Boeotiae fines in Atticā,Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 78:
Pontum (grues),id. 10, 23, 30, § 60. —
II Transf., to go, come, mount, or pass quickly over or across.
A Lit.
(a) Act.: Alpes, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4:
Oceanum (manus Macedonum),Auct. Her. 4, 22, 31:
delphini vela navium transvolant,Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 20:
transvolat vox auras,flies through, Lucr. 4, 559; cf. id. 4, 602.—Poet.: importunus (Cupido) transvolat aridas Quercus (i. e. vetulas). Hor. C. 4, 13, 9.—
(b) Neutr.:
foraminibus liquidus quia transvolat ignis,Lucr. 6, 349: eques transvolat inde in partem alteram, Liv. 3, 63, 2: Nilus insulas dierum quinque cursu non breviore transvolat, flows by or past, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:
vultur relicto Tityo,Sen. Hippol. 1233:
(arma) Travolaverunt ad hostes,Plaut. Ep. 1. 1, 33 (for transfugerunt, id. ib. 1, 1, 28).—
B Trop.:
illa Sallustiana brevitas ... audientem transvolat,flies past, Quint. 4, 2, 45:
cogitatio animum subito transvolans,flitting through, Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 52:
transvolat in medio posita et fugientia captat,passes over, neglects, Hor. S. 1, 2, 108.