Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ad- (to, towards, at) +‎ volō (fly).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

advolō (present infinitive advolāre, perfect active advolāvī, supine advolātum); first conjugation

  1. to fly to or toward
    • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.124:
      Legi etiam scriptum, esse avem quandam, quae Platalea nominaretur, eam sibi cibum quaerere advolantem ad eas aves, quae se in mari mergerent []
      I have even read in a book that there is a bird called the spoonbill, which procures its food by flying towards those birds which dive in the sea []
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.45.162:
      Papilio quoque lucernarum luminibus advolans inter mala medicamenta numeratur []
      The moth, also, flying to the flame of a lamp is numbered among the noxious substances []
    • 1698, Thomas Burnet, Thesaurus medicinae practicae 5.343:
      advolo ego citato equo []
      [] I fly towards him at full gallop []
  2. (figuratively) to run, dash or come to or toward, swoop on

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of advolō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present advolō advolās advolat advolāmus advolātis advolant
imperfect advolābam advolābās advolābat advolābāmus advolābātis advolābant
future advolābō advolābis advolābit advolābimus advolābitis advolābunt
perfect advolāvī advolāvistī,
advolāstī1
advolāvit,
advolāt1
advolāvimus,
advolāmus1
advolāvistis,
advolāstis1
advolāvērunt,
advolāvēre,
advolārunt1
pluperfect advolāveram,
advolāram1
advolāverās,
advolārās1
advolāverat,
advolārat1
advolāverāmus,
advolārāmus1
advolāverātis,
advolārātis1
advolāverant,
advolārant1
future perfect advolāverō,
advolārō1
advolāveris,
advolāris1
advolāverit,
advolārit1
advolāverimus,
advolārimus1
advolāveritis,
advolāritis1
advolāverint,
advolārint1
passive present advolor advolāris,
advolāre
advolātur advolāmur advolāminī advolantur
imperfect advolābar advolābāris,
advolābāre
advolābātur advolābāmur advolābāminī advolābantur
future advolābor advolāberis,
advolābere
advolābitur advolābimur advolābiminī advolābuntur
perfect advolātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect advolātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect advolātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present advolem advolēs advolet advolēmus advolētis advolent
imperfect advolārem advolārēs advolāret advolārēmus advolārētis advolārent
perfect advolāverim,
advolārim1
advolāverīs,
advolārīs1
advolāverit,
advolārit1
advolāverīmus,
advolārīmus1
advolāverītis,
advolārītis1
advolāverint,
advolārint1
pluperfect advolāvissem,
advolāssem1
advolāvissēs,
advolāssēs1
advolāvisset,
advolāsset1
advolāvissēmus,
advolāssēmus1
advolāvissētis,
advolāssētis1
advolāvissent,
advolāssent1
passive present advoler advolēris,
advolēre
advolētur advolēmur advolēminī advolentur
imperfect advolārer advolārēris,
advolārēre
advolārētur advolārēmur advolārēminī advolārentur
perfect advolātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect advolātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present advolā advolāte
future advolātō advolātō advolātōte advolantō
passive present advolāre advolāminī
future advolātor advolātor advolantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives advolāre advolāvisse,
advolāsse1
advolātūrum esse advolārī advolātum esse advolātum īrī
participles advolāns advolātūrus advolātus advolandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
advolandī advolandō advolandum advolandō advolātum advolātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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References edit

  • advolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • advolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • advolo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.