circumvolito
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
circum- + volitō (“to fly about”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kir.kumˈu̯o.li.toː/, [kɪrkʊmˈu̯ɔlʲɪt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈvo.li.to/, [t͡ʃirkumˈvɔːlit̪o]
Verb[edit]
circumvolitō (present infinitive circumvolitāre, perfect active circumvolitāvī, supine circumvolitātum); first conjugation
- (transitive, intransitive) to fly around
- (figurative, of a person) to roam about, hover around
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]
- “circumvolito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumvolito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers