verb transitive

in-năto

2nd PP in-nătāre · 3rd PP in-nătāvi · 4th PP in-nātum · conj. 1st

to swim; float in; upon poetic

to swim or float in or upon (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Homines flumini innatant, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93: aquis pluma innatans, id. 18,… •

Homines flumini innatant, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93: aquis pluma innatans, id. 18, 35, 86, § 360: lactuca innatat acri Post vinum stomacho ( = supernatat, non subsidet), Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf.: dulce (vinum) stomacho innatat, austerum facilius concoquitur, Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38.—

With acc.: undam innatat alnus, swims the stream, Verg. G. 2, 451.— •

With acc.: undam innatat alnus, swims the stream, Verg. G. 2, 451.—

To swim; float into •

To swim or float into: cum pisciculi parvi in concham hiantem innataverunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123. —

To flow over; overflow •

To flow over, overflow: Nilus fecundus innatat terrae, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 54; so, innatat campis (Tiberis), Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 2: innatat unda freto dulcis, the fresh water flows into the sea, Ov. P. 4, 10, 63.—

To swim; float among; to be intermingled with •

To swim or float among, to be intermingled with: inter hos latent arteriae ... his innatant venae, Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219.—

figuratively

floating on the surface; superficial

Innatans illa verborum facilitas, floating on the surface, superficial, Quint. 10, 7, 28; 7, 1, 44.—

to float; flow •

Of the hair, to float or flow: tenui vagus innatat undā Crinis, Val. Fl. 3, 525.

Perseus ID: n23542 Key: innato