praetervolo Latin · revision 36596

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la volō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈtɛr.wɔ.ɫoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈtɛr.vo.lo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praetervolō''' (present infinitive praetervolāre, perfect active praetervolāvī, supine praetervolātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|praeter-|volō#2|t2=to fly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in Cicero,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) whose verse translation of Aratus says that the constellation of the Bird flies past the Horse.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of birds and things in the air it meant to fly past: Curtius tells of a crow that dropped a clod as it flew past, Seneca of shooting stars that fly by and cut the air, and Suetonius of an eagle flying past.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It also meant to speed past on the ground: Horace, splitting the verb in two, urges his hearers to fly past the Etruscan shores, and Florus tells of two youths on white horses who sped past like stars.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Figuratively it meant to slip past unnoticed: Cicero says that subtle thoughts often escape people who are not subtle themselves, and that the rhythm of a speech escapes listeners intent on its meaning,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Livy speaks of an opportunity that flies past in a moment.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Cicero also uses it for passing quickly over a subject.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL finds it rare in verse.^(TLL) The glossaries explain it as to pass by quickly.^(CGL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a constellation and of thoughts that escape notice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it, split by tmesis, of sailing past the Etruscan shores.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a fleeting opportunity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of an eagle flying past.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|fly]] past or by.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # To speed past, pass rapidly.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To slip by unnoticed, [[m|en|escape]] (someone's attention).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To pass over (a subject) [[m|en|cursorily]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis 1890)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[volō#2]]

+ * [[praetereō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}