(verb) : nāvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, and n. navisago
* To sail, set sail.
* Lit.
* Neutr.: cum per anni tempus navigare poteris, ad nos veni,Cic. Fam. 16, 7: ex Asiā in Macedoniam,id. Fl. 14, 32: Syracusas,id. N. D. 3, 34, 83: in alto,id. Inv. 2, 51, 153: plenissimis velis,id. Dom. 10, 24: nactus idoneam tempestatem ad navigandum,Caes. B. G. 4, 23: e portu,to set sail,Quint. 4, 2, 42: quo tempore ceteri praetores consueverunt navigare,to go by sea,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 80: neve naviges, nisi explorate,id. Fam. 16, 8, 1.—Of ships: utrum ista classis navigārit,Cic. Fl. 14, 32: decrevimus, ut classis in Italiam navigaret,id. ib. 13, 30; Ov. A. A. 2, 10.—Of goods or freight: interest utrum ipsae merces periculo creditoris navigent,go, are transported by ship,Dig. 22, 2, 1.—Prov.: navigare in portu,i. e. to be in safety,Ter. And. 3, 1, 22.
* Transf.
* Pass.: totus hodie navigatur occidens: septentrionalis vero Oceanus magnā ex parte navigatus est,Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 167; 36, 15, 24, § 104; Tac. G. 34; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 28.
* Impers.: iis enim ventis istim navigatur,Cic. Fam. 16, 7: si valebis, cum recte navigari poterit, tum naviges,id. ib. 16, 12, 6; Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 126.
* To sail, remove, proceed: quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34: in Africam navigabat bellum,Flor. 2, 2, 17; 2, 8, 1.
* To swim, Ov. H. 19, 47.
* To flow: in ipso rapidum mare navigat ore,Manil. 5, 583.

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