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eno, to swim out, swim away, escape by swimming

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

ēnō, āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to swim out or away, (fig.), to fly away, 6.16.
ē-no, āvi, 1, v. n. and a.
  • I Neutr., to swim out, swim away, escape by swimming.
    • A Prop. (rare but class.): facile, * Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 81 (169): e concha, * Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63: in Erythraeam, Liv. 44, 28; cf.: in terram, id. 33, 41.—
    • B Poet. transf., of flying, * Lucr. 3, 591; * Verg. A. 6, 16; Sil. 12, 95. —
  • II Act., to traverse by swimming, i.e. to sail through a place (in post-Aug. poets): orbem fretis, Val. Fl. 5, 316: has valles, Sil. 3, 662.

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