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an-no (better adn- ), āre, v. n.
I. To swim to, toward, or along; constr. with the dat., ad, or acc.
(β). With ad: “ad litus,Gell. 7, 8, 7.—
(γ). With acc.: “pauci milites, qui naves adnare possent,Caes. B. C. 2, 44.—Absol.: plures adnabunt thynni, * Hor. S. 2, 5, 44.—
B. Trop.: “quod ubique gentium est, ad eam urbem posset adnare,come to, approach, Cic. Rep. 2, 4.—
II. To swim with or along with: “pedites adnantes equis,Tac. A. 14, 29.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.358
    • Horace, Satires, 2.5.44
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.44
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.29
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.93
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.4
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