advolo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

   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,
advolārunt,
advolāvēre1
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present advolāre advolārī advolāns —
future advolātūrum esse advolātum īrī advolātūrus advolandus
perfect advolāvisse,
advolāsse1 		advolātum esse — advolātus
future perfect — advolātum fore — —
perfect potential advolātūrum fuisse — — —
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.

Derived terms

References

  • “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.
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