I.to sail, set sail.
I. Lit.
A. 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.—
B. Act., to sail over, navigate: “cum Xerxes maria ambulavisset, terramque navigāsset,” Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112: “Tyrrhenum aequor,” Verg. A. 1, 67: “aequor Ionium,” Ov. M. 15, 50: “Oceanum septentrionalem,” Suet. Claud. 1: quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent, all their achievements in navigation, etc., Sall. C. 2, 7.—
(β).
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. —
(γ).
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.—
II. Transf.
A. 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.—
B. To swim, Ov. H. 19, 47. —
