innato

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-năto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to swim or float in or upon (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.
   A Homines flumini innatant, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93: aquis pluma innatans, id. 18, 35, 86, § 360: lactuca innatat acri Post vinum stomacho ( = supernatat, non subsidet), Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf.: dulce (vinum) stomacho innatat, austerum facilius concoquitur, Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38.—
   (b)    With acc.: undam innatat alnus, swims the stream, Verg. G. 2, 451.—
   B To swim or float into: cum pisciculi parvi in concham hiantem innataverunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123. —
   2    To flow over, overflow: Nilus fecundus innatat terrae, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 54; so, innatat campis (Tiberis), Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 2: innatat unda freto dulcis, the fresh water flows into the sea, Ov. P. 4, 10, 63.—
   3    To swim or float among, to be intermingled with: inter hos latent arteriae ... his innatant venae, Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219.—
II Trop.
   A Innatans illa verborum facilitas, floating on the surface, superficial, Quint. 10, 7, 28; 7, 1, 44.—
   B Of the hair, to float or flow: tenui vagus innatat undā Crinis, Val. Fl. 3, 525.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

innătō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, intr.,
1 nager dans, sur [avec dat.] : Plin. 8, 93 ; 18, 360