The Latin word for fly is
musca
Translations for fly and their definitions
| musca | |
| 1. n. a fly (insect) | |
| Puer, abige muscas. | |
| Repel those flies, boy. | |
| 2. n. (transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying people |
| volo | |
| 1. v. I wish, I please | |
| Tibi bene ex animo volo. - I wish you well with all my heart. | |
| Hanc rem publicam salvam esse volumus. - We wish this republic to be safe. | |
| 2. v. I want | |
| Quid visne? - What do you want? | |
| Nunc edere volo. - Now I want to eat. | |
| 3. v. I mean, I intend | |
| Et dixit ad socerum, "Quid est quod facere voluisti? | |
| And he said to his father-in-law: "What is it that thou didst mean to do?" (KJV Bible, Genesis 29:25) | |
| Quibus ad se accersitis rex ait: "Quidnam est hoc quod facere voluistis ut pueros servaretis?". | |
| And the king called for them, and said: "What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?" (KJV Bible, Exodus 1:18) | |
| 4. v. I am willing, I consent | |
| 5. v. I am going to, I intend, I am about to, I am on the point of | |
| 6. v. to fly | |
| Verba volant, scripta manent. | |
| Words fly, writings remain. |
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