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a shallow place in water

  • 1 vadum

    vădum, i, n. ( masc. collat form, vă-dus, i, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 111; Sall. H. 1, 68 Dietsch) [cf. the root BA, bainô, whence, also, vado; hence, that through which one can go], a shallow place in water, a shallow, shoal, ford.
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Sing.:

    Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; 5, 58; 7, 55:

    vadum in flumine efficere,

    id. B. C. 1, 61:

    vadum fluminis temptare, si transire possent,

    id. ib. 1, 83:

    exercitum vado transducere,

    id. ib. 3, 37:

    vado flumen penetrare,

    Tac. A. 2, 68:

    vado superari amnis non poterat,

    Liv. 38, 13, 9; 38, 18, 7:

    piscis qui vivit in vado,

    Cels. 2, 18:

    amnis incerto vado,

    Tac. A. 12, 33.—
    2.
    Piur., so esp. of a shallow place where a river is crossed, a ford:

    ibi vadis repertis partem suarum copiarum transducere conati sunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 9; 1, 8; 3, 13; Liv. 26, 45, 8; 31, 1, 5; Tac. A. 2, 23; id. H. 4, 27; Lucr. 1, 200; Ov. M. 1, 370; 3, 19.—Also of shallows, as dangerous in navigation: mystica ad dextram vada Praetervecti, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 19 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 687 Rib.):

    brevia,

    Verg. A. 5, 221:

    caeca,

    id. ib. 1, 536:

    dura saxis Lilybeia caecis,

    id. ib. 3, 706; cf.:

    Nessus, scitus vadorum,

    Ov. M. 9, 108.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A body of water, a sea, stream, etc. ( poet.):

    longā sulcant vada salsa carinā,

    Verg. A. 5, 158; 7, 198; Cat. 64, 58:

    si tamen Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 24; Ov. P. 4, 9, 2; Sen. Hippol. 181 al.—
    2.
    The bottom of a body of water, the depths ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    saxa Vadis levata,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 26; Plin. 3, praef. §

    4: ostrea capta solido vado,

    id. 32, 6, 21, § 59:

    sedit limoso pressa carina vado,

    Ov. F. 4, 300.—
    3.
    The bottom of a well, Phaedr. 4, 9, 12; Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of shallow water, as a place of safety to the swimmer:

    haec propemodum jam esse in vado salutis res videtur,

    i. e. in safety, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 73:

    at in vado'st: jam facile enabit,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 81:

    omnis res est jam in vado,

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 4.—
    B.
    Of shallows, as dangerous to the mariner:

    emersisse jam e vadis et scopulos praetervecta videtur oratio mea,

    Cic. Cael. 21, 51: cera vadum tentet, rasis infusa tabellis, explore the way, i. e. make a first attempt, Ov. A. A. 1, 437.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vadum

  • 2 vadum

        vadum ī, n    [BA-], a shallow place, shallow, shoal, ford: Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur, Cs.: vadum fluminis temptare, si transire possent, Cs.: vado superari amnis non poterat, L.: in scopulo luctans brevibusque vadis, L.: Nessus, scitus vadorum, O.: (aquae) vada nota secantes, i. e. the river bed, O.: Cera vadum tentet, rasis infusa tabellis, try the ford, i. e. make a first attempt, O.— Plur, a shallow crossing, ford: vadis repertis partem copiarum transducere, Cs.—A body of water, sea, stream (poet.): longā sulcant vada salsa carinā, V.: Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada, H.—The depths, bottom (poet.): saxa Vadis levata, H.: Sedit limoso pressa carina vado, O.—Prov.: omnis res est iam in vado, touches bottom, i. e. is safe, T.
    * * *
    shallow place, stream; ford, shoal; channel

    Latin-English dictionary > vadum

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