hover Copy link Outline 1. pendeo, pĕpendi, 2 (to hang suspended, in the air)2. vŏlĭto, 1 (to fly about, without alighting)3. immĭneo, ui, 2 (in fig. sense, of troops which hang upon the rear of a retreating army)4. obversor, 3 (fig. of that which presents itself as an image to the mind • hover: 1. pendeo, pĕpendi, 2 (to hang suspended, in the air): Virg.: Ov.: v. to float. 2. vŏlĭto, 1 (to fly about, without alighting): Cic. More freq. circumvŏlĭto, 1 (to fly about or round): to h. about the thyme-beds (as a bee), circumvolitare (or as two words) thyma, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21. Fig. of persons: to h. about the doors of the great, limina potentiorum c., Col. pref. med.: of cavalry, Lucr. 2, 331: Sen. Also less freq. circumvŏlo: round whom h. sport and love, quam jocus c. et cupido, Hor. Od. 1, 2, 34. 3. immĭneo, ui, 2 (in fig. sense, of troops which hang upon the rear of a retreating army): Join: imminere atque insequi, Hirt. B. Alex. 7: v. to threaten; HANG UPON. 4. obversor, 3 (fig. of that which presents itself as an image to the mind: with dat.): the (image of the) glory of the commonwealth h.s before my eyes, mihi ante oculos ob. dignitas reipublicae, Cic. Sext. 3, 7: strange sights h. before the eye (in delirium), ob. miracula, Plin. 24, 17, 102.
HOVER Copy link • HOVERpendere, with or without alis (to hang, i. e., in the air; but poetic in this sense; also with in aera in auras): *aere librari (to be balanced in the air): sometimes circumvolare (to fly round; also, IMPROP., mors atris circumvolat alis, Hor.). IMPROPR. (e.g., of an army hovering over a country, etc.), imminere or impendere (alicui rei).