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|lshtext=<b>vădum</b>: i, n. (<br /><b>I</b> masc. collat form, vă-dus, i, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 111; Sall. H. 1, 68 Dietsch) [cf. the [[root]] BA, [[βαίνω]], [[whence]], also, [[vado]]; [[hence]], [[that]] [[through]] [[which]] one can go], a [[shallow]] [[place]] in [[water]], a [[shallow]], [[shoal]], [[ford]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: [[Rhodanus]] nonnullis locis [[vado]] transitur, Caes. B. G. 1, 6; 5, 58; 7, 55: [[vadum]] in flumine efficere, id. B. C. 1, 61: [[vadum]] fluminis temptare, si transire possent, id. ib. 1, 83: exercitum [[vado]] transducere, id. ib. 3, 37: [[vado]] [[flumen]] penetrare, Tac. A. 2, 68: [[vado]] superari [[amnis]] non poterat, Liv. 38, 13, 9; 38, 18, 7: [[piscis]] qui vivit in [[vado]], Cels. 2, 18: [[amnis]] [[incerto]] [[vado]], Tac. A. 12, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Piur., so esp. of a [[shallow]] [[place]] [[where]] a [[river]] is crossed, a [[ford]]: ibi vadis repertis partem suarum copiarum transducere conati sunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 9; 1, 8; 3, 13; Liv. 26, 45, 8; 31, 1, 5; Tac. A. 2, 23; id. H. 4, 27; Lucr. 1, 200; Ov. M. 1, 370; 3, 19.—Also of [[shallows]], as [[dangerous]] in [[navigation]]: mystica ad dextram vada Praetervecti, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 19 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 687 Rib.): brevia, Verg. A. 5, 221: caeca, id. ib. 1, 536: dura saxis Lilybeia caecis, id. ib. 3, 706; cf.: [[Nessus]], [[scitus]] vadorum, Ov. M. 9, 108.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[body]] of [[water]], a [[sea]], [[stream]], etc. ([[poet]].): longā sulcant vada salsa carinā, Verg. A. 5, 158; 7, 198; Cat. 64, 58: si [[tamen]] Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada, Hor. C. 1, 3, 24; Ov. P. 4, 9, 2; Sen. Hippol. 181 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[bottom]] of a [[body]] of [[water]], the depths ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): saxa Vadis levata, Hor. Epod. 16, 26; Plin. 3, praef. § 4: [[ostrea]] [[capta]] [[solido]] [[vado]], id. 32, 6, 21, § 59: sedit limoso pressa [[carina]] [[vado]], Ov. F. 4, 300.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[bottom]] of a [[well]], Phaedr. 4, 9, 12; Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[shallow]] [[water]], as a [[place]] of [[safety]] to the swimmer: haec [[propemodum]] jam esse in [[vado]] salutis res videtur, i. e. in [[safety]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 73: at in [[vado]]'st: jam [[facile]] enabit, id. Rud. 1, 2, 81: [[omnis]] res est jam in [[vado]], Ter. And. 5, 2, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[shallows]], as [[dangerous]] to the [[mariner]]: emersisse jam e vadis et scopulos praetervecta videtur [[oratio]] mea, Cic. Cael. 21, 51: [[cera]] [[vadum]] tentet, [[rasis]] infusa tabellis, [[explore]] the [[way]], i. e. [[make]] a [[first]] [[attempt]], Ov. A. A. 1, 437.
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|gf=<b>vădum</b>,⁹ ī, n.,<br /><b>1</b> gué, bas-fond : [[Rhodanus]] nonnullis locis [[vado]] transitur Cæs. G. 2, 6, le Rhône sur plusieurs points [[est]] guéable, cf. Cæs. G. 5, 58 ; 7, 55, etc. ; [[piscis]], qui vivit in [[vado]] Cels. Med. 2, 18, le poisson qui vit dans les bas-fonds ; pl., Cæs. G. 2, 9, etc.<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> bas-fonds, passe dangereuse : Cic. Cæl. 51 ; <b> b)</b> endroit guéable = sécurité : Pl. Aul. 803 (cf. Pl. Rud. 170 ) ; Ter. Andr. 845<br /><b>3</b> fond de la mer, d’un fleuve : Hor. Epo. 16, 26 ; Ov. F. 4, 300 ; Plin. 32, 59 &#124;&#124; eaux, flots : Virg. En. 5, 158 ; 7, 198. [[vadus]], m. Varr. d. Serv. En. 1, 111 ; Sall. H. 1, 68.
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