eno

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ē-no, āvi, 1, v. n. and a.

I Neutr. , to swim out , swim away , escape by swimming.

A Prop. (rare but class.): facile, * Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 81: e concha, * Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63: in Erythraeam, Liv. 44, 28; cf.: in terram, id. 33, 41.—

B Poet. transf., of flying, * Lucr. 3, 591; * Verg. A. 6, 16; Sil. 12, 95. —

II Act. , to traverse by swimming , i. e. to sail through a place (in post-Aug. poets): orbem fretis, Val. Fl. 5, 316: has valles, Sil. 3, 662.

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