טוּס (b. h. טוּשׂ) [ 1) to glisten. Denom. טַוָּוס. —2) (cmp. חָלַף)] to fly swiftly.—Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ לא נראה עיף טָס וכ׳ no bird has been seen flying in all Palestine; Lam. R. introd. end.—Deut. R. s. 6 קושט … וטס כעוף goes straight like an arrow, and swift like a bird. Midr. Till. to Ps. XC, 10 גזין חשין וטָסִין they pass, hasten and fly; a. fr.
    Pi. - טִיֵּיס same. Koh. R. to IX, 7 ט׳ וחזר וט׳ he flew to and back.
    Hif. - הֵטִיס to cause to fly, to bring on by flight. Ruth R. to IV, 1 הטִיסוֹ וכ׳ the Lord would have made him fly and brought him (to the place). Gen. R. s. 59, end. Cant. R. to I, 9 הֵטִיסָן; Ex. R. s. 23 end הסיטן (corr. acc.).—Lev. R. s. 16 הסיט׳, (read as) Yalk. Kings 232. Lev. R. s. 11, beg. הסיטן (corr. acc.) he winged them; a. fr.