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To waver

  • 1 dubitō

        dubitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [dubius], to waver in opinion, be uncertain, be in doubt, be perplexed, doubt, question: ut iam liceat non dubitantem dicere: de indicando: de quā (legione) non dubitaret, had full confidence, Cs.: de armis dubitatum est: si dubitatum est, utrum, etc., L.: haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos: Hoc quis dubitet? O.: si quod illorum dubitabitur: res minime dubitanda: dubitati tecta parentis, O.: qualis sit futurus (eventus belli), Cs.: quid fecerit: honestumne factu sit an turpe: Recte necne, etc., H.: si dubitet an turpe non sit, inclines to think: dubito an hunc primum ponam, perhaps, N.: an dea sim, dubitor, O.: non dubitat, quin sit Troia peritura, has no doubt: neque dubitare, quin libertatem sint erepturi, Cs.: qui potest dubitari, quin, etc.: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., N.: haud dubitans Romanos abituros, L.: aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit, etc., waver, L.— To deliberate, consider, ponder: dubitate quid agatis: restat ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.: percipe Quid dubitem, meditate, V.: an sontīs mergeret, O.— To waver, be irresolute, hesitate, delay: illi nubere, S.: omnia ventre metiri: transire flumen, Cs.: haud dubitans, without hesitation: eos hostīs appellare dubitamus?: non dubitaturus quin cederet: tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur, Cs.: quid dubitas? Cs.: perterritis ac dubitantibus ceteris, S.: nec res dubitare remittit, O.
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    dubitare, dubitavi, dubitatus V
    doubt; deliberate; hesitate (over); be uncertain/irresolute

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  • 2 labō

        labō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 LAB-], to totter, be ready to fall, begin to sink, give way, be loosened: illud (signum) lababat: labat ariete crebro Ianua, V.: labant naves, roll, O.: littera labat, is unsteady, O.: tarda trementi Genua labant, sink, V.: egressi labant vestigia prima, V.—Fig., to waver, be unstable, be undecided, hesitate: scito, labare meum consilium: labamus mutamusque sententiam: apparuit labare plebis animos, L.: labantes consilio patres, H.: socii labant, waver in fidelity, L.: ex nimiā mentem pietate labare Sensit, O.: memoria labat, becomes weak, L.: acies labantīs restituere, Ta.— To sink, fall to pieces, go to ruin: omnīs rei p. partīs labantīs confirmare: labante egregiā quondam disciplinā, L.: cum res Troiana labaret, O.
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    labare, labavi, labatus V
    totter, be ready to fall; begin to sink; give way; waver, decline, sink; err

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  • 3 trepidō

        trepidō āvī, ātus, āre    [trepidus].—Of persons, to hurry with alarm, be in confusion, be agitated, be disturbed: festinare, trepidare, S.: Quid est quod trepidas, T.: trepidante totā civitate ad excipiendum Poenum, L.: artos circum cavos (mures), Ph.: nobis trepidandum in acie instruendā erat, L.: Dum trepidant alae, V.: lymphati trepidare coeperunt, Cu.: recenti mens trepidat metu, H.: formidine belli, O.: ultra Fas, H.: Trepidari sentio et cursari rursum prorsum, T.: totis trepidatur castris, Cs.— To tremble at, be afraid of: harundinis umbram, Iu.: Ne trepidate meas, Teucri, defendere naves, V.: trepidat, ne Suppositus venias, Iu.—Of persons, to waver, hesitate, tremble, be at a loss: per alia atque alia pavida consilia, L. —Of things, to tremble, waver, shake, flicker, palpitate: (aqua) per pronum trepidat cum murmure rivum, H.: flammae trepidant, H.: Sic aquilam pennā fugiunt trepidante columbae, O.: cuius octavum trepidavit aetas Claudere lustrum, has hastened, H.
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    trepidare, trepidavi, trepidatus V
    tremble, be afraid, waver

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  • 4 aestuō

        aestuō āvī, ātus, āre    [aestus], of fire, to rage, burn: Aestuat ignis, V. — To be warm, be hot, burn, glow: ager aestuat herbis, V.: erudire iuventutem algendo, aestuando: sub pondere, O.— Of the sea, to rise in waves, surge: Maura semper unda, H.: gurges, seethes, V.; cf. nebulā specus, i. e. smokes, V.—To undulate, swell, be tossed, heave: in ossibus umor, V.—Fig., of passion, to burn, be excited, be inflamed: aestuare illi, qui dederant pecuniam: quae cum aestuans agitaret, S.: in corde pudor, V.: rex in illā Aestuat, for her, O.— To waver, vacillate, hesitate, be in doubt: dubitatione: Aestuat et vitae disconvenit, H.
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    aestuare, aestuavi, aestuatus V INTRANS
    boil, seethe, foam; billow roll in waves; be agitated/hot; burn; waver

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  • 5 claudicō

        claudicō —, —, āre, v. n.    [claudus], to limp, halt, be lame: ex volnere.—Fig., to halt, waver, be wanting, be defective: tota res claudicat: in ullo officio: si quid in nostrā oratione claudicat.
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    claudicare, claudicavi, claudicatus V INTRANS
    limp, be lame; waver, incline to one side; be defective/deficient/fall short

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  • 6 fluctuor

        fluctuor ātus, ārī, dep.    [fluctus], to waver, be in doubt, hesitate: animo, L.: utrum, etc., L.
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    fluctuari, fluctuatus sum V DEP
    waver, be in doubt, hesitate

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  • 7 fluitō

        fluitō āvī, —, āre, freq.    [fluo], to float, flow: Fusile per rictūs aurum fluitare videres, O.— P. praes.: rei p. navem fluitantem in alto tempestatibus, tossed: alveus, L.: transtra, V.: corpora, Ta.— To wave, undulate: funes fluitabant, i. e. were slack, Ta.— P. praes.: vela summo fluitantia malo, O.: vestis, flowing, Ta.—Fig., to be uncertain, waver: neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae, H.— P. praes.: creditur Caecinae fides fluitasse, Ta.: haec (mala) caecā fluitantia sorte, H.
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    fluitare, fluitavi, fluitatus V
    float; flow; waver

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  • 8 labāscō

        labāscō —, —, ere, inch.    [labo], to waver, yield: Labascit victus uno verbo, T.
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    labascere, -, - V
    fall to pieces, break up; waver; yield

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  • 9 natō

        natō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [no], to swim, float: natandi causā venire: natant pisces aequore, O.: Canis per flumen natans, Ph.: natat uncta carina, floats, V.: crura natantia, webbed feet, O.: placidis undis, O.: naufragus natans, tossed about: Nocte natat serus freta, swims, V.: Tiberinum, Iu.: quot piscibus unda natatur, O.— To spread about, broaden: quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat, O.— To swim, overflow, be overflowed: natabant pavimenta vino: plenis Rura natant fossis, are inundated, V. —Of the eyes, to swim, be feeble, fail: moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin, O.— To move about, waver, hover, move to and fro: ante oculos natant tenebrae, O.—Fig., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain: in quo tu mihi natare visus es: pars multa (hominum) natat, H.
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    natare, natavi, natatus V
    swim; float

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  • 10 nūtō

        nūtō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [nuo], to nod: nutans, Distorquens oculos, H.: percutiens nutanti pectora mento, O.— To sway to and fro, totter, stagger: ornus nutat, V.: nutant circumspectantibus galeae, et incerti trepidant, L.: nutantem pondere mundum, V.: rami pondere, O.: plaustra, Iu.—Fig., to waver, falter, doubt, hesitate: in naturā deorum: animus nutat, O.
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    nutare, nutavi, nutatus V
    waver, give way

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  • 11 variō

        variō āvī, ātus, āre    [varius], to diversify, variegate, change: maculis ortum (sol), V.: variabant tempora cani, O.: ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera caelum, O.: formas variatus in omnīs, metamorphosed, O.—Fig., to cause to change, diversify, vary, make various, interchange, alternate: ille variabit (vocem): voluptatem: rem prodigialiter unam, H.: sententias, L.: vices, V.: bellum variante fortunā eventum ferre, with varying success, L.: variatis hominum sententiis, i. e. amid the conflicting voices: quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores, report variously, L.: senatus consuli coeptus; ibi cum sententiis variaretur, there was a difference of opinion, L.—To be diversified, be variegated, change, alter, waver, vary, be various, differ: abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores, O.: ita fama variat, ut, etc., L.: si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet, L.— Impers: ibi si variaret, if there were a difference of opinion, L.
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    variare, variavi, variatus V
    mark with contrasting colors, variegate; vary, waver; fluctuate, change

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  • 12 collabasco

    collabascere, -, - V INTRANS
    waver/totter/become unsteady at same time; waver/totter with

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  • 13 conlabasco

    conlabascere, -, - V INTRANS
    waver/totter/become unsteady at the same time; waver/totter with

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  • 14 claudico

    claudĭco ( clōdĭco, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249, like Claudius and Clodius, codex and caudex, etc., v. au), āre, v. n. [claudeo; like albico, candico from albeo, candeo], to limp, halt, be lame (class.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    Carvilio graviter claudicanti ex vulnere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249; Ov. F. 3, 758; Col. 6, 12, 3; Suet. Aug. 80; Just. 6, 2, 6.—
    B.
    In Lucretius, meton., of other irregular or unbalanced motions, to waver, wabble, halt; of the lame wings of birds, Lucr. 6, 834;

    of the wavering of balances or scales,

    id. 4, 515; and of the earth's axis, id: 6, 1107.—
    II.
    Trop., to halt, waver, to be wanting, incomplete or defective:

    claudicat ingenium,

    Lucr. 3, 453:

    tota res vacillat et claudicat, Cic. N. D, 1, 38, 107: vereri ne tota amicitia quasi claudicare videatur,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 69; so id. Brut. 63, 227; Liv. 22, 39, 3 (al. leg. claudo); Col. 4, 2, 1; Just. 6, 2, 5 and 6:

    ut constare possimus nobismet ipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 33, 119; cf.:

    in comoediā, claudicamus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 99.—So of discourse:

    ne sermo in aequalitate horum omnium sicut pedum claudicet,

    Quint. 11, 3, 43:

    si quid in nostrā oratione claudicat,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198.—And once of the measure of a verse: claudicat hic versus;

    haec, inquit, syllaba nutat,

    Claud. Epigr. 79, 3.

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  • 15 dubito

    dŭbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [for duhibitare, freq. from duhibeo, i. e. duohabeo (cf. habitare from habeo), to have or hold, as two, v. dubius; cf. also Gr. doiazô from doioi; Germ. zweifeln from zwei], to vibrate from one side to the other, to and fro, in one's opinions or in coming to a conclusion (freq. in all periods and sorts of composition; in class. prose usually with negations or in a negative interrogation, as: non dubito, haud dubito, quis dubitat? etc.
    I. (α).
    Absol. (rare but class.): ne vinolenti quidem quae faciunt eadem approbatione faciunt qua sobrii;

    dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 23, 72:

    et interrogamus et dubitamus et affirmamus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 70; cf. id. 10, 1, 19; 10, 3, 19:

    Livius frequentissime dubitat,

    id. 2, 4, 19; 9, 2, 20: vivo equidem, ne dubita;

    nam vera vides,

    Verg. A. 3, 316:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque (= sine ulla dubitatione) dicere,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Fam. 5, 16, 4 Madv.; so id. Div. 1, 55, 125.—
    (β).
    With de (class.):

    de indicando dubitat,

    Cic. Sull. 18, 52; id. Fam. 12, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 29; 4, 5, 13.—With a negation:

    nec vero de hoc quisquam dubitare posset, nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    de aliqua re,

    id. N. D. 1, 8:

    de divina ratione,

    id. ib. 2, 39, 99:

    de tua erga me voluntate,

    id. Fam. 13, 45 fin.; cf. id. Att. 12, 26:

    de ejus fide,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 21, 1: cf. id. ib. 7, 77, 10; 1, 40 fin.:

    de carminibus,

    Quint. 10, 5, 4:

    de ultima illa (parte),

    id. 12, 2, 10: de se, Pompei ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 A et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    de armis dubitatum est,

    Cic. Caecin. 13, 38:

    de judicio Panaetii dubitari non potest,

    id. Off. 3, 3; so, de auctore, Quint. 7, 2, 8:

    de hac (virtute) nihil dubitabitur,

    id. 2, 20, 7.—
    (γ).
    With acc. (in class. prose only with a neutr. pron.):

    haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant?

    Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; Quint. 2, 17, 2; Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 2; Ov. H. 17, 37; id. M. 6, 194; id. Tr. 2, 331.—In the pass.:

    causa prorsus, quod dubitari posset, nihil habebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22; cf. id. ib. 28; Liv. 5, 3:

    dubitati tecta parentis,

    Ov. M. 2, 20:

    sidera,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 2:

    ne auctor dubitaretur,

    Tac. A. 14, 7; cf. infra, e:

    dicta haud dubitanda,

    Verg. A. 3, 170.—
    (δ).
    With an interrog. pron. (good prose, but rare):

    ubi tu dubites, quid sumas potissimum,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 29:

    non dubito, quid nobis agendum putes,

    Cic. Att. 10, 1, 2; id. Fam. 11, 17, 2; 15, 9; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 10:

    cur dubitas, quid de re publica sentias?

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38 fin.; cf. id. ib. 3, 17 fin.; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16 fin. —
    (ε).
    With interrog. particles (very freq. and class.):

    si me non improbissime tractasset, dubitassem fortasse utrum, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 1:

    desinite dubitare, utrum sit utilius, etc.... an, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89; cf. impers., id. Att. 4, 15, 7; Liv. 5, 3:

    honestumne factu sit an turpe dubitant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    dubitavi, hos homines emerem, an non emerem,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 95; cf. Sall. J. 74, 2; Hor. C. 1, 12, 35:

    recte necne, etc.,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 80:

    licet et dubitare num quid nos fugerit,

    Quint. 6, 1, 3:

    dubito, num, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1; Tac. H. 2, 37;

    de L. Bruto fortasse dubitarim, an, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50 et saep.—Cf. respecting the expression dubito an, the art. an, II., and Zumpt, Gramm. § 354.— Poet. in pass. (cf. supra, g):

    an dea sim, dubitor,

    Ov. M. 6, 208.—
    (ζ).
    Non dubito, quin (very freq. and class.):

    non hercle dubito, quin tibi ingenio nemo praestiterit,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 23; id. Div. 1, 57, 129; id. de Sen. 10, 31; id. Att. 6, 2, 3; id. Fam. 13, 73 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40: numquid tu dubitas quin ego nunc perpetuo perierim? Have you a doubt? etc., Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 4; 1, 31, 15; Quint. 12, 1, 42; Suet. Tib. 17; Ov. H. 17, 11; 245; id. Tr. 5, 7, 59 et saep.; cf. pass. impers.:

    dubitari (non) potest, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23 fin.; id. Off. 3, 2, 9; Quint. 10, 2, 1:

    dubitari potest quin usque eo eicienda sit,

    Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 1:

    illud cave dubites, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6;

    quid dubitas, quin sit, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 42;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 55; 4, 2, 59; Quint. 7, 6, 10; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 97; Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 8.—
    (η).
    With acc. and inf. (freq. only since the Aug. period, and in gen. only negatively; not found in Plaut., Ter., or Cic.;

    but usual in Nepos): neque humorem dubitavi aurasque perire,

    Lucr. 5, 249:

    gratos tibi esse qui de me rumores afferuntur, non dubito,

    Cic. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 2 (cf., on the contrary, §

    7: noli dubitare, quin te sublevaturus sim): ignorabant aut dubitabant animas hominum immortales esse,

    Lact. 6, 3, 5: non dubito, fore plerosque qui, etc., Nep. praef. § 1; id. Milt. 3, 6; id. Lys. 3, 5; id. Alcib. 9, 5; id. Ages. 3, 1; id. Eum. 2, 3; id. Hann. 11, 2; Liv. 2, 64; 22, 55 Drak. et saep.; Quint. 3, 7, 5; 5, 10, 76; 9, 4, 114; Suet. Claud. 35 et saep.; cf.

    in an interrog.: an est quisquam qui dubitet, tribunos offensos esse?

    Liv. 5, 3; so,

    quis dubitat,

    Quint. 9, 4, 68; 130; 10, 1, 81. — Pass. impers.: an dubitabitur, ibi partes oratoris esse praecipuas? id. prooem. § 12. —Affirm.: piraticam ut musicam, fabricam dici adhuc dubitabant mei praeceptores, Quint. 8, 3, 34.—
    2.
    Transf., of inan. and abstr. subjects, to be uncertain, doubtful:

    si tardior manus dubitet,

    Quint. 5, 10, 124:

    suspensa ac velut dubitans oratio,

    id. 10, 7, 22:

    aut vincere aut, si fortuna dubitabit (= adversabit), etc.,

    Liv. 21, 44 fin.:

    nec mox fama dubitavit, cum, etc.,

    Flor. 1, 1, 2.—
    B.
    Meton., to reflect upon, to ponder, consider, deliberate:

    in utramque partem cogitare, deliberare, etc. (very rare): haec dum dubitas, menses abierunt decem,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

    restat, judices, ut hoc dubitemus, uter, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 88:

    percipe porro, quid dubitem,

    Verg. A. 9, 191:

    dubitaverat Augustus Germanicum rei Romanae imponere,

    had considered whether he should, Tac. A. 4, 57.
    II.
    To waver in coming to a conclusion, to be irresolute; to hesitate, delay.
    (α).
    With inf. (so most commonly): non dubitaverim [p. 614] me gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4;

    so with a negation,

    id. ib. 1, 15; id. Lael. 1; id. de Or. 1, 40 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 2, 23, 2: flumen transire, 6, 8, 1; id. B. C. 1, 71, 2; 2, 33, 2 and fin.; Verg. A. 7, 311; 8, 614 et saep.:

    quid dubitamus pultare atque huc evocare ambos foras?

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 29;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 17; id. Ps. 2, 2, 30; id. Poen. 3, 5, 44; Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 4; Quint. 12, 5, 3; 12, 10, 63; Verg. A. 6, 807 al.—Very seldom affirmatively:

    quod ea illi nubere dubitabat,

    Sall. C. 15, 2:

    accusat fratrem, quod dubitet omnia quae ad beatam vitam pertineant ventre metiri,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113:

    dubitat agnoscere matrem,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 250:

    si forte dubitaret quod afferretur accipere,

    Curt. 4, 5:

    isdem mandatum ut occiderent, si venire dubitaret,

    id. 10, 8.—Ellipt.:

    quod dubitas, ne feceris,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5.—
    (β).
    Non dubito quin (rare in Cic. and Caes.):

    nemo dubitabat, quin, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13; id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    tum dubitandum non existimavit, quin proficisceretur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2, 5; id. B. C. 3, 71, 1; cf.:

    nolite dubitare, quin huic uni credatis omnia,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 68;

    and in an interrog.: dubitabitis, judices, quin? etc.,

    id. Fl. 17, 40; id. de Imp. Pomp. 16, 49.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (rare):

    te neque umquam dubitasse, neque timuisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 3:

    sed mora damnosa est, nec res dubitare remittit,

    Ov. M. 11, 377:

    quid igitur ego dubito?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 283;

    so in an interrog.,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 6; Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 3; Verg. A. 9, 12:

    magnitudine supplicii dubitantes cogit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 4, 9; id. ib. 7, 63, 3; Sall. C. 28, 1 al.:

    dubitantia lumina,

    failing, Sil. 10, 154. —Hence,
    A. * 1.
    Doubtingly:

    sine ulla affirmatione, dubitanter unum quodque dicemus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 3, 10.—
    2.
    Hesitatingly, with hesitancy (very rare):

    illum verecunde et dubitanter recepisse,

    Cic. Brut. 22, 87; cf. Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 2.—
    B.
    dŭbĭ-tātim, adv. (i. q. dubitanter, 2.), hesitatingly, with hesitation (only in the foll. passages), Sisenn. ap. Non. 98, 33; so Cael. Ann. ib.

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  • 16 labo

    lăbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [from the same root as 1. labor], to totter, be ready to fall, begin to sink, to give way, be loosened (syn.: vacillo, titubo, nato).
    I.
    Lit.: labat, labuntur saxa, caementae cadunt, Enn. ap. Non. 196, 3 (Trag. v. 142 Vahl.):

    signum labat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, 95:

    si ex ictu... labant dentes,

    Cels. 7, 12, 1:

    labat ariete crebro Janua,

    Verg. A. 2, 492:

    labant curvae naves,

    roll, Ov. M. 2, 163:

    pressaeque labant sub gurgite turres,

    id. ib. 1, 290:

    (turris) qua summa labantis Juncturas tabulata dabant,

    Verg. A. 2, 463:

    littera labat,

    written with a trembling hand, Ov. H. 10, 140:

    labare sermone,

    to stutter, speak indistinctly, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    si labat oculus et hac atque illac movetur,

    is unsteady, Cels. 7, 7, 14:

    tarda trementi genua labant,

    sink, Verg. A. 5, 432; so,

    pedes,

    Ov. F. 6, 676:

    vincla labant,

    are loosed, id. A. A. 2, 85.— Poet., of dying persons:

    inde labant populi,

    fall, sink, Luc. 6, 93; cf.:

    omnia tum vero vitaï claustra lababant,

    Lucr. 6, 1153.—With Gr. acc.:

    egressi labant vestigia prima,

    Verg. A. 10, 283 Forbig. (Rib. egressisque).—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To waver, to be unstable, undecided, to hesitate (in opinion, resolution, etc.):

    si res labat, Itidem amici collabascunt,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 16; cf.:

    scito, labare meum consilium illud, quod satis jam fixum videbatur,

    Cic. Att. 8, 14, 2:

    labamus mutamusque sententiam,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

    cum ei labare M. Antonius videretur,

    id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    animumque labantem inpulit,

    Verg. A. 4, 22:

    labantia corda,

    id. ib. 12, 223:

    socii labant,

    waver in fidelity, Liv. 22, 61; cf.:

    fides sociorum,

    id. 32, 30, 9:

    animus regis,

    id. 40, 54; 2, 39:

    quīs lababat fides,

    whose fidelity was wavering, Sil. 2, 392:

    mens,

    Ov. M. 6, 629:

    tu mente labantem dirige me,

    Luc. 2, 244:

    ex nimia matrem pietate labare sensit,

    Ov. M. 6, 629:

    memoria labat,

    becomes weak, Liv. 5, 18; cf.:

    mens in illis (phreneticis) labat, in hoc (cordiaco) constat,

    Cels. 3, 19:

    nec dubium habebatur labare hostes,

    Tac. A. 2, 26:

    labante jam Agrippina,

    id. H. 14, 22:

    labantem ordinem contirmare,

    Suet. Caes. 14:

    acies labantes restituere,

    Tac. G. 8 init.:

    sustinere labantem aciem,

    id. H. 3, 23; 5, 18.—
    B.
    To sink, fall to pieces, go to ruin:

    quid non sic aliud ex alio nectitur, ut non, si unam litteram moveris, labent omnia?

    Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74:

    omnes rei publicae partes aegras et labantes sanare et confirmare,

    id. Mil. 25, 68; cf.:

    sustinuisse labantem fortunam populi Romani,

    Liv. 26, 41:

    sicuti populo Romano sua fortuna labet,

    id. 42, 50:

    labante egregia quondam disciplina,

    id. 36, 6:

    cum res Trojana labaret,

    Ov. M. 15, 437:

    labantibus Vitellii rebus,

    Tac. H. 2, 86:

    si quid in moribus labaret,

    id. A. 2, 33.

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  • 17 moventer

    mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

    mōrunt for moverunt,

    Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].
    I.
    Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).
    A.
    Lit.:

    movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

    Tib. 1, 7, 38:

    ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

    to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

    et fila sonantia movit,

    struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

    citharam cum voce,

    id. ib. 5, 112:

    tympana,

    id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

    novis Helicona cantibus,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

    signum movere loco,

    to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 2:

    gradum,

    i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

    move ocius te,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

    praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

    not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

    postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

    ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

    movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

    Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

    priusquam hostes moverentur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 18:

    hostem statu,

    to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

    aliquem possessione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

    heredes,

    to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    tribu centurionem,

    to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

    aliquem de senatu,

    id. Clu. 43, 122;

    the same also without senatu,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

    senatorio loco,

    to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

    ex agro,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    move abs te moram,

    remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

    consulem de sententiā,

    to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

    litteram,

    to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

    omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

    to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

    exercitatione sudor movetur,

    is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

    alvum,

    Cato, R. R. 115:

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 7, 4:

    lacrimas,

    to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    fletum populo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    risum,

    id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

    alicui exspectationem,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

    indignationem,

    Liv. 4, 50, 1:

    misericordiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    suspicionem,

    id. Part. 33, 114:

    ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

    begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

    bellum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

    jam pugna se moverat,

    was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

    cantūs,

    Verg. A. 10, 163:

    tantum decus,

    begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

    nominis controversiam,

    to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

    litem,

    ib. 4, 3, 33:

    actionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 10:

    mentionem rei,

    to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

    sacra,

    Val. Fl. 3, 540:

    movere ac moliri aliquid,

    to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

    ne quid moveretur,

    id. 35, 13.—
    b.
    To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

    alicujus sententiam,

    to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

    sententiam regis,

    Liv. 35, 42, 6.—
    c.
    To present, offer an oblation:

    ferctum Jovi moveto,

    Cato, R. R. 134.—
    d.
    To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

    men moveat cimex Pantilius?

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

    Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

    Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

    strepitu fora vestra,

    Juv. 2, 52.—
    e.
    Of plants, to put forth:

    si se gemmae nondum moveant,

    do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—
    f.
    To exert, exercise:

    inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

    se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

    Ov. F. 6, 760.—
    g.
    = mutare, to change, transform:

    quorum Forma semel mota est,

    Ov. M. 8, 729:

    nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

    Liv. 34, 54, 8.—
    h.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—
    B.
    Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

    ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

    charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    quae me causae moverint,

    id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

    is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

    movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

    stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

    numina Dianae,

    to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    multa movens animo,

    to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

    moverat plebem oratio consulis,

    had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

    judicum animos,

    Quint. 6, 2, 1:

    acutule moveri,

    keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

    affectus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 7:

    moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

    nil moveor lacrimis,

    Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

    absiste moveri,

    be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

    quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

    inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

    ut captatori moveat fastidia,

    excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

    terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

    an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

    reptile quod movetur,

    which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,
    A.
    mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    voluptas,

    that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

    furtum rerum moventium,

    Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

    quaedam quasi moventia,

    motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—
    B.
    mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

    Prop. 1, 15, 9:

    dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

    precibus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 23.

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  • 18 moveo

    mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

    mōrunt for moverunt,

    Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].
    I.
    Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).
    A.
    Lit.:

    movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

    Tib. 1, 7, 38:

    ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

    to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

    et fila sonantia movit,

    struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

    citharam cum voce,

    id. ib. 5, 112:

    tympana,

    id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

    novis Helicona cantibus,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

    signum movere loco,

    to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 2:

    gradum,

    i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

    move ocius te,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

    praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

    not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

    postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

    ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

    movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

    Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

    priusquam hostes moverentur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 18:

    hostem statu,

    to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

    aliquem possessione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

    heredes,

    to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    tribu centurionem,

    to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

    aliquem de senatu,

    id. Clu. 43, 122;

    the same also without senatu,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

    senatorio loco,

    to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

    ex agro,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    move abs te moram,

    remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

    consulem de sententiā,

    to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

    litteram,

    to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

    omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

    to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

    exercitatione sudor movetur,

    is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

    alvum,

    Cato, R. R. 115:

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 7, 4:

    lacrimas,

    to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    fletum populo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    risum,

    id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

    alicui exspectationem,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

    indignationem,

    Liv. 4, 50, 1:

    misericordiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    suspicionem,

    id. Part. 33, 114:

    ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

    begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

    bellum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

    jam pugna se moverat,

    was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

    cantūs,

    Verg. A. 10, 163:

    tantum decus,

    begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

    nominis controversiam,

    to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

    litem,

    ib. 4, 3, 33:

    actionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 10:

    mentionem rei,

    to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

    sacra,

    Val. Fl. 3, 540:

    movere ac moliri aliquid,

    to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

    ne quid moveretur,

    id. 35, 13.—
    b.
    To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

    alicujus sententiam,

    to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

    sententiam regis,

    Liv. 35, 42, 6.—
    c.
    To present, offer an oblation:

    ferctum Jovi moveto,

    Cato, R. R. 134.—
    d.
    To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

    men moveat cimex Pantilius?

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

    Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

    Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

    strepitu fora vestra,

    Juv. 2, 52.—
    e.
    Of plants, to put forth:

    si se gemmae nondum moveant,

    do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—
    f.
    To exert, exercise:

    inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

    se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

    Ov. F. 6, 760.—
    g.
    = mutare, to change, transform:

    quorum Forma semel mota est,

    Ov. M. 8, 729:

    nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

    Liv. 34, 54, 8.—
    h.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—
    B.
    Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

    ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

    charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    quae me causae moverint,

    id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

    is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

    movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

    stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

    numina Dianae,

    to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    multa movens animo,

    to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

    moverat plebem oratio consulis,

    had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

    judicum animos,

    Quint. 6, 2, 1:

    acutule moveri,

    keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

    affectus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 7:

    moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

    nil moveor lacrimis,

    Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

    absiste moveri,

    be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

    quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

    inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

    ut captatori moveat fastidia,

    excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

    terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

    an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

    reptile quod movetur,

    which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,
    A.
    mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    voluptas,

    that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

    furtum rerum moventium,

    Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

    quaedam quasi moventia,

    motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—
    B.
    mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

    Prop. 1, 15, 9:

    dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

    precibus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 23.

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  • 19 natantes

    năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.
    I.
    Lit.:

    qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

    natant pisces aequore,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

    natat uncta carina,

    floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

    crura natantia,

    palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

    apta natando crura,

    id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

    naufragus natans,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

    trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

    cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

    id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

    Ithacum lugere natantem,

    Juv. 10, 257.—
    (β).
    Poet., with acc.:

    nocte natat caecā serus freta,

    swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

    aquas,

    to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

    Tiberinum,

    to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

    quot piscibus unda natatur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To swim or spread about ( poet.):

    quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

    Ov. F. 4, 291:

    natantibus radicibus,

    Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

    ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

    Stat. Th. 2, 42:

    niveo natat ignis in ore,

    id. Achill. 1, 161.—
    2.
    To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    natabant pavimenta vino,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

    plenis Rura natant fossis,

    are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

    sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

    id. A. 3, 625:

    fletibus ora natant,

    Stat. Th. 2, 337:

    carmina in ipse ore natant,

    id. S. 2, 1, 18.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

    Luc. 4, 330:

    plana natant,

    Sil. 4, 751.—
    3.
    Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

    vinis oculique animique natabant,

    Ov. F. 6, 673:

    moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

    id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

    ante oculos natant tenebrae,

    Ov. M. 12, 136:

    oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

    Quint. 4, 3, 76.—
    4.
    To move to and fro, not stand still:

    nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—
    5.
    Of birds, to fly:

    ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

    Luc. 5, 554.—
    II.
    Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

    in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

    mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

    Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

    pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

    genus omne natantum,

    Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

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  • 20 nato

    năto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [no], to swim, to float.
    I.
    Lit.:

    qui neque in Oceano natare volueris studiosissimus homo natandi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

    natant pisces aequore,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 28: canis, per flumen, carnem dum ferret, natans, Phaedr. 1, 4, 2:

    natat uncta carina,

    floats, Verg. A. 4, 398:

    crura natantia,

    palmated feet, Ov. M. 14, 551; cf.:

    apta natando crura,

    id. ib. 15, 376.—Of storm-tossed or shipwrecked persons, to float about, be tossed about:

    naufragus natans,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 163; cf.

    trop.: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa tuis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115:

    cum saepe in portu fracta carina natet,

    id. 2, 25, 24 (3, 20, 24):

    Ithacum lugere natantem,

    Juv. 10, 257.—
    (β).
    Poet., with acc.:

    nocte natat caecā serus freta,

    swims across, Verg. G. 3, 260:

    aquas,

    to swim in, Mart. 14, 196, 2:

    Tiberinum,

    to swim across, Juv. 8, 265.—Hence, also, pass.:

    quot piscibus unda natatur,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 25. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To swim or spread about ( poet.):

    quā Tiberinus campo liberiore natat,

    Ov. F. 4, 291:

    natantibus radicibus,

    Col. Arb. 6; Prop. 2, 12, 52 (3, 7, 52):

    ingens medio natat umbra profundo,

    Stat. Th. 2, 42:

    niveo natat ignis in ore,

    id. Achill. 1, 161.—
    2.
    To swim or overflow with any thing, to be overflowed (mostly poet.).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    natabant pavimenta vino,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

    plenis Rura natant fossis,

    are inundated, Verg. G. 1, 372:

    sanieque aspersa natarent Limina,

    id. A. 3, 625:

    fletibus ora natant,

    Stat. Th. 2, 337:

    carmina in ipse ore natant,

    id. S. 2, 1, 18.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    exspectant imbres, quorum modo cuncta natabant Impulsu,

    Luc. 4, 330:

    plana natant,

    Sil. 4, 751.—
    3.
    Of the eyes, to swim (of drunken or dying persons), to be feeble, failing ( poet.):

    vinis oculique animique natabant,

    Ov. F. 6, 673:

    moriens oculis natantibus Circumspexit Athin,

    id. M. 5, 72; Sil. 2, 122; cf.:

    ante oculos natant tenebrae,

    Ov. M. 12, 136:

    oculi natantes et quādam voluptate suffusi,

    Quint. 4, 3, 76.—
    4.
    To move to and fro, not stand still:

    nec vagus in laxā pes tibi pelle (i. e. calceo) natet,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 516; Calp. Ecl. 6, 43; Nemes. Cyn. 170.—
    5.
    Of birds, to fly:

    ardea sublimis pennae confisa natanti,

    Luc. 5, 554.—
    II.
    Trop., to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain ( = titubare, huc atque illuc ferri):

    in quo quidem magis tu mihi natare visus es quam ipse Neptunus,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 62:

    mutatio voluntatis indicat animum natare,

    Sen. Ep. 35, 4:

    pars multa (hominum) natat, modo recta capessens, Interdum pravis obnoxia,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 6; Sil. 7, 726; Manil. 4, 256: vitreoque natant praetoria ponto, float or waver reflected in the water, Stat. S. 2, 2, 49.—Hence, nătans, antis, P. a., swimming; hence, nătantes, ūm, poet. for fishes:

    genus omne natantum,

    Verg. G. 3, 541; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, § 31.

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