vadosus
τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)
Latin > English
vadosus vadosa, vadosum ADJ :: full of shallows
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vădōsus: a, um, adj. vadum,
I full of shallows or fords, shallow, shoal: mare, Caes. B. C. 1, 25: amnis, Verg. A. 7, 728: Syrtes, Sall. J. 78, 2: ostium portūs, Liv. 37, 14, 7: fretum, id. 33, 17, 6: litora, Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 1: navigatio, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99.—Poet.: aquae, i. e. restless, Luc. 8, 698.—Sup.: Ganges ubi vadosissimus est, Sol. 52.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vădōsus,¹³ a, um (vadum), qui a beaucoup de gués, souvent guéable : Cæs. C. 1, 25 ; Virg. En. 7, 728 ; vadosissimus Sol. 52 || vadosæ aquæ Luc. 8, 698, flots qui laissent voir les bas-fonds, houleux || vadosa navigatio Plin. 6, 99, navigation sur des bas-fonds.
Latin > German (Georges)
vadōsus, a, um (vadum), voll seichter Stellen, voll Untiefen, sehr seicht, mare, Caes., Sen. u.a.: fretum, Liv.: litora, Ambros.: ubi Ganges vadosissimus est, Solin.: poet, aquae, unruhige, Lucan.: übtr., navigatio, durch Untiefen gefährliche, Plin.
Latin > Chinese
vadosus, a, um. adj. s. (vadum.) :: 淺水多。沙灘多者。Vadosa navigatio 難渡之海。Vadosae aquae 起浪之水。
