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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.:2.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.—Piur., so esp. of a shallow place where a river is crossed, a ford:B.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.—Transf.1.A body of water, a sea, stream, etc. ( poet.):2.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.—The bottom of a body of water, the depths ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):3.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.—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:B.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.—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.
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