1. per-vŏlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.
- I. Lit.
- A. To fly through or about a place: aedes, Verg. A. 12, 473: aërium iter, Ov. F. 2, 252: rumor agitatis pervolat alis, id. ib. 6, 527: Flaminiam, Juv. 1, 61.
- B. To fly to a place: Pegasus in nitentem pervolaturus aetheram, Poët. ap. Aug. Music. 3, 3: animus velocius in hanc sedem pervolabit, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29.
- II. Transf., of swift motion in gen., to fly or dart through, to pass quickly over or through: perque volare mare ac terras (of the sun’s beams), Lucr. 4, 203: sex et quinquaginta milia passuum cisiis pervolavit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 19: totam urbem, Juv. 6, 398; cf.: axe citato Flaminiam, id. 1, 60.
2. per-vŏlo, vŏlui, velle, v. n., to wish greatly, to be very desirous (rare but class.): obtunso ore nunc pervelim progredire Senem, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 9: scire ex te pervelim, Cic. Sull. 7, 23: quem videre pervellem, id. Att. 11, 14, 3: mihi ignosci pervelim, id. ib. 1, 1, 3.
In tmesi: ibi te quam primum per videre velim, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: pervelle aliquid videre, Liv. 39, 43: illud pervelim, proditum falso esse, etc., id. 8, 18, 2.