(verb) : vādo (vāsi, Tert. Pall. 3), 3, cf. Sanscr. root gā-, go; Gr. ΒΑ, αίνω
* To go, walk; esp. to go hastily or rapidly, to rush (syn. incedo).
* Lit. (rare but class.): vadunt solidā vi, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 277 Vahl.): ingenti cursu, id. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll. (Ann. v. 470 Vahl.): cum feras bestias videamus alacres et erectas vadere, ut alteri bestiae noceant,Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29: vadit fremit refringit virgulta pede vago,Cat. 63, 86: vadimus inmixti Danais,Verg. A. 2 396: ad eum (Pompeium) postridie mane vadebam,Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2: ad amnem,Ov. M. 11, 137: inde in primum aditum pontis, Liv 2, 10, 5: in hostem,to stride on, advance,id. 7, 24, 6: haud dubi am in mortem,Verg. A. 2, 359: per hostes,Tac. H. 3, 41: cras mane vadit,Cic. Att. 14, 11, 2: vadite, et haec memores regi mandata referte,Verg. A. 11, 176; 4, 223; Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 19.
* Of inanimate things: Euphrates in Mesopotamiam vadit per ipsam Seleuciam,Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 90: circulus per medios Parthos,id. 6, 34, 39, § 213.
* Trop.: ardua per praeceps gloria vadit iter,Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 74: vadit animus in praeceps sciens, etc.,Sen. Hippol. 180: eruditi et rude vulgus in eam (sententiam) cursu vadit,Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; App. M. 2, p. 117, 27.

(verb) : vădo, āre, vadum
* To wade through, ford: flumina, quae sine pontibus vadari nequeunt,Veg. Mil. 2, 25: quia neque navium copia pro tempore erat, neque vadari fluvius poterat,Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 22, 3.