ē-năto
āvi, 1, v. n.
I.
to swim out or away, to escape by swimming (very rare).
I.
Lit., Vitr. 6 praef.; Hor. A. P. 20; Phaedr. 4, 21, 14; App. M. p. 121, 3 al.—
II.
Trop., to extricate one's self, to get off: reliqui habere se angustius videntur; enatant tamen, Cic. Tusc. 5, 30, 87; Petr. 57, 10.