Lewis & Short

hĭrundo, ĭnis, f. (weakened from χελιδών), a swallow.

  1. I. Lit., Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92; 10, 24, 34, § 70; Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Verg. G. 1, 377; id. A. 12, 474; Ov. F. 2, 853; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 13.
    As a term of endearment: dic me anaticulam, columbam vel catellum, Hirundinem, monedulam, etc., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 104.
    Prov.: quid contendat hirundo cycnis? Lucr. 3, 6 (for which: certent cycnis ululae, Verg. E. 8, 55).
  2. II. Transf., a flying sea-fish, sea-swallow, Exocoetus volitans s. evolans, Linn.; Plin. 9, 26, 43, § 81.