advolo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈad.u̯o.loː/, [ˈäd̪u̯ɔɫ̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈad.vo.lo/, [ˈäd̪volo]

Verb

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

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 […]
(figuratively) to run, dash or come to or toward, swoop on

Conjugation

Conjugation of advolō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	advolā		—	—	advolāte		—
active	future	—	advolātō		advolātō	—	advolātōte		advolantō
passive	present	—	advolāre		—	—	advolāminī		—
passive	future	—	advolātor		advolātor	—	—		advolantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

advolātus

Related 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.