rēmĭgĭum, ii, n. [remex].
I Lit., a rowing : homines remigio sequi, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 55: olli remigio noctemque diemque fatigant, Verg. A. 8, 94: portus decem dierum remigio ab oppido distans (just before: abest a Ptolemaide quinque dierum navigatione), Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 174; 9, 3, 2, § 6.—
II Meton. (abstr. pro concreto).
A The parts of a vessel that belong to the rowing of it , the oars , Cat. 64, 13; Verg. G. 1, 202; Hor. C. 1, 14, 4; Tac. A. 2, 24; id. H. 3, 47; id. G. 44.—Prov.: remigio veloque festinare, i. e. with all possible speed , Plaut. As. 1, 3, 5 (cf.: remis velisque; v. 1. remus, I. A.): meo remigio rem gero, i. e. I steer my own course , do just as I please , Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152 (v. l. meo remigio remigo; cf. Brix ad loc.).—
2 Poet., of wings: remigi oblitae (aves), Lucr. 6, 743: volat ille per aëra magnum Remigio alarum, Verg. A. 1, 301; 6, 19 (mentioned in Quint. 8, 6, 18); Ov. M. 8, 228; id. A. A. 2, 45: (aquila) remigium dextrā laevāque porrigens, Ap. Met. 6, 15, 18 al. (cf. in the Gr. Aesch. Agam. 52: πτερύγων ἐρετμοῖσιν ἐρεσσόμενοι).—
B Those that perform the rowing , the oarsmen , rowers , Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: remigium classicique milites, tranquillo in altum evecti, Liv. 26, 51; 21, 22; 26, 39; 33, 48; 37, 11; Tac. A. 3, 1, 14, 39; Verg. A. 3, 471: remigium vitiosum Ulixei, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 63.