innato

in-năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., 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.—

(β).

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.