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                    "description": "năto, āvi, ātum, 1\n* V. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.\n* Lit.: qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2: natant pisces aequore,Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr.  1, 4, 2: natat uncta carina,floats,Verg. A. 4, 398: crura natantia,palmated feet,Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.: apta natando crura,id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about: naufragus natans,Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf. trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115. cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24): Ithacum lugere natantem,Juv. 10, 257.\n* Poet., with acc.: nocte natat caecā serus freta,swims across,Verg. G. 3, 260: aquas,to swim in,Mart. 14, 196, 2: Tiberinum,to swim across,Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.: quot piscibus unda natatur,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25.\n* Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri): in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62: mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,Sen. Ep. 35, 4: pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes: genus omne natantum,Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.\n* To swim or spread about (poet.): quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,Ov. F. 4, 291: natantibus radicibus,Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52): ingens medio natat umbra profundo,Stat. Th. 2, 42: niveo natat ignis in ore,id. Achill. 1, 161.\n* To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).\n* With abl.: natabant pavimenta vino,Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105: plenis Rura natant fossis,are inundated,Verg. G. 1, 372: sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,id. A. 3, 625: fletibus ora natant,Stat. Th. 2, 337: carmina in ipse ore natant,id. S. 2, 1, 18.\n* Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing (poet.): vinis oculique animique natabant,Ov. F. 6, 673: moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.: ante oculos natant tenebrae,Ov. M. 12, 136: oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,Quint. 4, 3, 76.\n* To move to and fro, not stand still: nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.\n* Of birds, to fly: ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,Luc. 5, 554."
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