an-năto (better adn-), āre, v. n.
I To swim to or toward : ei insulae crocodili non adnatant, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93; Jan here reads adnant; Sil. 10, 610.—With ad : ad manum hominis adnatare, Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 87; 9, 10, 12, § 38.—
II To swim along by or by the side of : comes lateri adnatat, Sen. Agam. 452.