nāvĭgo — Lewis & Short
nāvĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.navisago,
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.—
(b) 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. —
(g) 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. —
C To flow:
in ipso rapidum mare navigat ore,Manil. 5, 583.