inno

in-no, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to swim or float in or upon.

I.

Lit.

A.

Partim submersae, partim fluitantes et innantes beluae, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

innare contextis ratibus,

Amm. 14, 2, 10:

innabant pariter fluctusque secabant,

Verg. A. 10, 222:

innare aquae,

Liv. 21, 26, 9:

fluviis, Col. poët. 10, 388. — Of vessels, a fleet, etc.: quo levior classis vadoso mari innaret,

Tac. A. 1, 70:

pelago,

Sil. 12, 448.—With acc.:

rapaces fluvios,

Verg. G. 3, 142:

fluvium vinclis innaret Cloelia ruptis,

Verg. A. 8, 651. — With abl.:

aquā,

Suet. Ner. 12.—

B.

To flow upon, to wash:

innantem Maricae littoribus Lirim,

Hor. C. 3, 17, 7.—

II.

Transf., to sail upon, navigate:

Stygios lacus,

Verg. A. 6, 134.