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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- vŏlŭcer, ūcris, ūcre (gen. plur. volucrium, Cic. ap. Charis. p. 119 P.; masc. volucris, Tib. 4, 1, 209; Sil. 10, 471; fem. volucer fama, Petr. poët. 123, 210; cf. acer; on the quantity of the u in volucris, v. Quint. 1, 5, 28), adj. [cf. 2. volo], flying, winged (class.; syn.: ales, volatilis). I. Lit. 1. Adj.:
bestiae
, Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38; id. Lael. 21, 81: angues
, id. N. D. 1, 36, 101: dracones
, Ov. M. 7, 218: Cupido
, id. ib. 9, 482: natus
, i. e. Cupid
, id. ib. 5, 364: deus
, i. e. Mercury
, Stat. Th. 2, 55; cf. pes (Mercurii)
, Ov. F. 5, 88; and: o nuntium volucrem!
Cic. Quint. 25, 80.—2. Subst.: vŏlūcris, is, f. (sc. avis, once masc., sc. ales: teneros volucres, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64)
, a bird
, a flying creature
, Lucr. 1, 12; 2, 145; 2, 344; Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81: marinae
, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 11; Ov. A. A. 3, 35; id. H. 10, 123: Junonis
, i. e. the peacock
, id. M. 15, 385; cf. Junonia
, id. Med. Fac. 33; of the cock: volucres cecinere diem, Coripp. 1, 199; cf. Sil. 14, 22; the eagle
, Luc. 6, 129: obscenae
, Verg. A. 3, 241: Tityi volucres
, vultures
, Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 31; Hor. S. 1, 8, 6; of the sirens
, Stat. S. 5, 3, 87; Quint. 10, 3, 24; 12, 11, 13; Suet. Aug. 13: pictae
, Verg. A. 4, 525; Ov. M. 1, 308: volucris parvula
, the fly
, Phaedr. 5, 3, 3.—B. Transf., of any thing that moves rapidly, flying, winged, fleet, swift, rapid (mostly poet.; syn. velox): lumen
, Lucr. 6, 173; cf.: ritu flammarum
, id. 1, 1102: fumi
, Verg. G. 2, 217: aurae
, id. A. 11, 795; Ov. M. 13, 807: nebulae
, id. ib. 1, 602: procellae
, id. Am. 2, 11, 33: sagitta
, Verg. A. 5, 242; Ov. M. 9, 102; called also ferrum
, id. Tr. 3, 10, 64: harundo
, Verg. A. 5, 544: equi
, Ov. M. 2, 153; 2, 234; 4, 245: currus
, Hor. C. 1, 34, 8: volucri freta classe pererrat
, Ov. M. 7, 460: jam volucrem sequor Te per gramina Martii Campi
, speeding
, running
, Hor. C. 4, 1, 38 et saep.—II. Trop. A. In gen., fleet, swift, rapid: nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum
, Cic. Planc. 23, 57: aliud genus (dicendi) est ... verbis volucre atque incitatum
, id. Brut. 95, 325: volucri spe et cogitatione rapiuntur a domo longius
, id. Rep. 2, 4, 7: somnus
, Verg. A. 2, 794: fatum
, Hor. C. 2, 17, 24.—B. In partic., passing quickly by, fleeting, transient, transitory: o volucrem fortunam
, Cic. Sull. 32, 91: dies
, Hor. C. 3, 28, 6; 4, 13, 16: fama
, Ov. H. 17, 207; Petr. 123: gaudium
, Tac. Or. 9.—Adv.: vŏlŭcrĭter, swiftly, rapidly (post-class.): congregati
, Amm. 17, 1, 12: perurgebat nocentes innocentesque
, id. 29, 1, 18.
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