soar Copy link Outline A. Lit.1. sursum, sublīme, in sublīme feror, 3 (to rise aloft)2. sublīmis ăbeo, 4 (to s. away)3. subvŏlo, 1 (of birdsB. Fig..I. To s. (of the mind)II. To s. (in ambition)III. To s. above (in the sense of excelling, surmounting) • soar: A. Lit.: 1. sursum, sublīme, in sublīme feror, 3 (to rise aloft): rarefied air s.s, extenuatus aer sublime fertur, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: sound naturally s.s, sonus natura in sublime fertur, ib. 2, 56, 141. 2. sublīmis ăbeo, 4 (to s. away): Virg. Aen. 1, 415. Ov. Met. 5, 648. 3. subvŏlo, 1 (of birds: to mount upon the wing): Ov. M. 11, 790. B. Fig.. I. To s. (of the mind): se tollo, sustŭli, sublatum, 3: geometry s.s even to the theory of the universe, ad rationem usque mundi geometria se tollit, Quint. 1, 10, 46. Phr.: to s. in thought, cogitationes ad sublimia intendere, Sen.: let us s. in soul, exsurgamus animis, Val. Max. 4, 4, 11: of a s.ing nature that despises mortal things, excelsus et altus et humana despiciens, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11. II. To s. (in ambition): to s. too high, ad altiora tendere, Liv. 4, 13: v. ambition, ambitious. III. To s. above (in the sense of excelling, surmounting): sŭpĕro, 1: in which, though many will vie with me, I shall easily s. above all, in quo, etiamsi multi mecum contendent, omnes facile superabo, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4: cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 24: v. to surpass.
SOAR Copy link • SOARsursum or sublime ferri: subvolare (to fly up, of birds and things): to soar aloft to heaven, in caelum ascendere; sublimem abire; ad deos abire (of persons dying): to soar aloft to a higher region, in coelestem locum subvolare.