pervolito Latin · revision 36635

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la volō#2}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pervolitō''' (present infinitive pervolitāre, perfect active pervolitāvī, supine pervolitātum); first conjugation^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|volitō|t2=to fly about]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The verb [[m|la|volitō]] is a frequentative of [[m|la|volō#2|t=to fly]],^(de Vaan 2008) which de Vaan tentatively derives from [[itc-pro|*gʷela-je/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*gʷelh₁-ie/o-|t=to raise the arm, throw]], assuming a shift of meaning in connection with birds;^(de Vaan 2008) Walde and Hofmann rejected this link.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate, if the connection holds, with [[grc|βάλλω|tr=bállō|t=to throw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL's first examples are in Lucretius,^(TLL) who speaks of many birds flitting through the pathless woods and of voices that fly through the stone walls of houses: ''per dissaepta domōrum saxea vōcēs pervolitant''.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to fly repeatedly through or about a place, and poets often use it where ''pervolāre'' would be expected.^(TLL) Virgil has light reflected from bronze flit about everything far and wide,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Manilius a single spirit flitting through the whole world,^(OLD 2012) and Valerius Flaccus the Harpies flitting about the house of Phineus.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Vitruvius uses it of the heavens turning on their poles and of a planet travelling its path.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ In Christian writers it is used of beings in the air: Prudentius reports the Manichaean claim that God flitted through the air without a real body, and Cassian speaks of demons flitting about in it.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of birds and of voices passing through walls.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of reflected light.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of the heavens and the course of a planet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 348/49–c. 413 AD – Prudentius uses it of the Manichaean God flitting through the air.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 360–c. 435 AD – Cassian uses it of demons in the air.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To fly repeatedly through or over, [[m|en|flit]] about.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of natural forces such as light or sound, to pass through, [[m|en|pervade]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Of heavenly bodies, to move swiftly through space; to travel (a path).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}