“fly” in Latin

musca. A Spanish fly, cantharis: to catch fies, muscas captare: to drive them away, muscas abigere, fugare.

As a bird, volare (also IMPROP., of things that fly in the air; e.g., smoke, missiles, darts, etc., and likewise of men who run or travel fast): volitare (to fly hither and thither, to flutter): fluitare (to fly in the air; e.g., sails, colors, etc.): avolare (to fly away to a place; also IMPROP.; e.g., to Rome, Romam): advolare (to fly to anybody or any place, ad aliquem or aliquid; also IMPROP., e.g., to the cavalry, ad equites, i. e., to hasten to them on horseback): devolare (to fly or hasten down from any place): evolare ex etc. (to fly out of or forth from, i. e., to hasten from a spot quickly; e.g., from the woods, ex silvis): involare in, etc. (to fly into anything; e.g., in villam, PROP., of birds): praevolare (to fly before or in front): provolare (to fly forwards; e.g., in primum): revolare (to fly back, or to hasten back to anybody, ad aliquem, IMPROP.): transvolare in etc. (to fly over, or to the other side, or to hasten over; e.g., in aliam partem). To fly up, evolare: sursum subvolare (of birds and things); alis or pennis se levare, also se levare (only of birds, PROP.): sublime ferri (of things without wings): *displodi: *disjici (to fly into the air with violence; e.g., houses, ships, by explosion): you would have said that he did not travel, but fly, volare eum, non iter facere diceres: flying (dishevelled) hair, crines passi; capillus passus. If IMPROP., used [Vid: also, To HASTEN]. An arrow flies from the bow, sagitta emittitur arcu: to fly in anybody’s face (i. e., to bid him defiance), aliquem provocare: to fly into a passion, iratum fieri; irritari; ira incendi, excandescere (the last three, stronger terms).

Flee; to run away, to take to flight (e.g., from fear), fugam petere, capere, capessere: fugae se mandare, se committere: in fugam se dare, se conferre or (if precipitately) in fugam se conjicere (all to take to flight, in a general sense): terga vertere (especially of soldiers): in fugam effundi or se effundere (of a large multitude): fugere a or ex aliquo loco (to fly from a place): in fuga esse (to be flying): diffugere (of a multitude flying in different directions): aufugere (to fly from a place; absolutely): effugere (to fly from or away, PROP., to escape by flying; used absolutely, or from a place, loco, a or ex loco, and IMPROP., for to escape anything, aliquid): elabi (to escape imperceptibly, or without being seen; e.g., out of a town, urbe; out of a prison, custodia, vinculis, etc.): fuga se subtrahere; clam se subduceie (to save one’s self by secret flight). The members of the king’s household are flying, fit fuga regis apparitorum: to fly precipitately, praecipitem sese mandare fugae: to fly from fear, metu perterritum profugere; to any place, fuga petere locum; confugere or fugam capessere aliquo: to fly to the camp, in the greatest disoraer, fuga effusa castra petere: to fly in another direction, fagam petere in aliam partem: to fly to anybody, confugere or profugere ad aliquem (in order to find protection); transfugere ad aliquem (as deserter): to fly before anybody, fugere aliquem; before anything, fugere, refugere aliquid: to fly from the field of battle, ex or de proelio effugere; ex proelio fugere or (if by stealth) elabi.

To avoid carefully, fugere. defugere: vilare: devitare: evitare; all with accusative: to fly from anybody, alicui decedere (to get or go out of his way); alicujus aditum sermonemque defugere (to avoid coming into any contact with him, both Caes., B.G., 6, 13, extr.): to fly from the looks of the citizens, conspectum civium profugere: to fly from anybody’s presence, se removere a alicujus conspectu; recedere ab alicujus conspectu; fugere alicujus conspectum; vitare alicujus aspectum: to fly from danger, periculum vitare, effugere; periculo evadere. FLY-BOAT (i. e., a boat built for fast sailing), perhaps cercurus.