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no, to swim, float

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

nō, nāvī, nātus, 1, n.: to swim, 1.118.

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nantemque Verb: present active participle feminine accusative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine accusative singular of no

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no, nāvi, 1, v. n. [νέω], to swim, float.
  • I Lit.: alter nare cupit: alter pugnare paratu'st, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 166 Müll. (Ann. v. 258 Vahl.): pueris, qui nare discunt, scirpea induitur ratis, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9 (595); cf. below, Hor. S. 1, 4, 120: pinus Dicuntur liquidas Neptuni nāsse per undas, Cat. 64, 1: nat lupus, Ov. M. 1, 304: nantem delphina per undas, id. H. 19, 199: piger ad nandum, id. ib. 18, 210: ars nandi, id. Tr. 2, 486: nat tibi linter, Tib. 1, 5, 76; Luc. 8, 374.—Prov.: nare sine cortice, to swim without corks, i.e. to be able to do without a guardian (cf. above the passage in Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9 (595)), Hor. S. 1, 4, 120.—
  • II Poet., transf., to sail, flow, fly, etc.: cum juventus Per medium classi barbara navit Athon, Cat. 66, 45: (undae) nantes refulgent, id. 64, 274: nare per aestatem liquidam suspexeris agmen (apium), Verg. G. 4, 59.—Of the eyes of drunken persons, to swim: nant oculi, Lucr. 3, 480; v. nato.— Hence, nans, antis, P. a., swimming, floating: nantes scaphae, Gell. 10, 26, 10; as subst., a swimmer; hence, nantes, ĭum, f., swimming fowls, i.e. geese, ducks, etc.: greges nantium, Col. 8, 14, 1.

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