natō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.
no,
to swim, float
: natandi causā venire: natant pisces
aequore, O.: Canis per flumen natans, Ph.: natat
uncta carina,
floats
, V.: crura natantia,
webbed feet
, O.: placidis undis, O.:
naufragus natans,
tossed about
: Nocte natat serus freta,
swims
, V.: Tiberinum, Iu.:
quot piscibus unda natatur, O.—
To spread about, broaden
: quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,
O.—
To swim, overflow, be overflowed
: natabant pavimenta vino: plenis Rura natant
fossis,
are inundated
, V. —Of the eyes,
to swim, be feeble, fail
: moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,
O.—
To move about, waver, hover, move to and fro
: ante oculos natant tenebrae,
O.—Fig.,
to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain
: in quo tu mihi natare visus es: pars multa (hominum)
natat, H.