vago
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
văgo: āre, 1, v. n.,
I act. collat. form of vagor (ante-class.), to wander: te adloquor ... quae circum vicinos vagas, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 14 Brix: exsul incerta vagat, Pac. ap. Non. 467, 25 (Trag. Rel. v. 225 Rib.): vagant matronae percitatae insaniā, Att. ap. Non. ib. (Trag. Rel. v. 236 ib.); cf. Varr., Turp., and Pompon. ib.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
văgō, āvī, āre = vagor : Enn. Scen. 185 ; Pacuv. 225 ; Acc. Tr. 236 ; Pl. Mil. 424.
Latin > German (Georges)
vago, āvī, āre = vagor, Plaut. mil. 424. Pacuv. tr. 225 u. 302. Acc. tr. 236. 409 u. 441. Turpil. com. 122. Catull. 4, 20 Haupt u. Lachmann (Schwabe vacaret). Varro sat. Men. 215 u. 438. Prud. cath. 6, 29.
