fly at Copy link • fly at: i. e., to attack: invŏlo, 1: I can scarcely refrain from f.ing at (your) hair, vix me contineo quin involem in capillum, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 20: to f. at any one and wound him, i. [ad] aliquem et sauciare eum, Auct. B. Alex. 52, extr. Phr.: let your fist without delay f. at his cheeks, pugnus continuo in mala haereat, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 17.