Volátilis, & hoc volátile pen. cor. Cice. That flieth or can flie.Aetas volatilis.Ouid.Age passing swiftly.Ferrum volatile.Virg.A dart flying in the aire.Pecus volatile. Colum. A flocke of birdes.Telum volatile mittere.Ouid.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vŏlātĭlis, e, adj. [id.], flying, winged (class.; cf. ales). I.Lit.: bestiae, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: puer, i. e.
Cupid
, Ov. Am. 2, 7, 27.—Subst.: vŏlātĭlĕ, is, n., a fowl (late Lat.): omnia volatilia caeli, Vulg. Ezek. 32, 4: omne volatile, id. Gen. 1, 21.—II.Transf.A.Swift, rapid: telum, i. e.
an arrow
, Lucr. 1, 970; Ov. A. A. 1, 169; id. M. 7, 841: ferrum, Verg. A. 4, 71: cervus, Varr. ap. Non. p. 559, 23, and 515, 20 (al. volabile).—B.Fleeting, transitory: aetas, Ov. M. 10, 519: gloria vanum et volatile quiddam est aurāque mobilius, Sen. Ep. 123, 15: lepra,