fly over Copy link Outline 1. transvŏlo, 12. sŭpervŏlo, 1 (to f. above, quite over) • fly over, or across: 1. transvŏlo, 1: partridges do not f. across the boundaries of Boeotia, perdices non tr. fines Boeotiae, Plin. 10, 29, 41. Fig.: to f. across the Alps, Alpes tr., Asin. Poll. in Cic. Fam. 10, 31, med. 2. sŭpervŏlo, 1 (to f. above, quite over): he (Perseus) f.s over the whole globe, toto s. orbe, Ov.: Plin. Fig.: the spear f.s over (him), s. hasta, Virg., Frequent., supervolito, to f. over often, hover over, Virg. E. 6, 81.