in-năto
āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I.
to swim or float in or upon (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I.
Lit.
A.
Homines flumini innatant, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93: aquis pluma innatans, id. 18, 35, 86, § 360: lactuca innatat acri Post vinum stomacho ( = supernatat, non subsidet), Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf.: dulce (vinum) stomacho innatat, austerum facilius concoquitur, Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38.—
(b).
With acc.: undam innatat alnus, Verg. G. 2, 451.—
B.
To swim or float into: cum pisciculi parvi in concham hiantem innataverunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123. —
2.
To flow over, overflow: Nilus fecundus innatat terrae, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 54; so, innatat campis (Tiberis), Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 2: innatat unda freto dulcis, Ov. P. 4, 10, 63.—
3.
To swim or float among, to be intermingled with: inter hos latent arteriae ... his innatant venae, Plin. 11, 37, 89, § 219.—
II.
Trop.
A.
Innatans illa verborum facilitas, floating on the surface, superficial, Quint. 10, 7, 28; 7, 1, 44.—
B.
Of the hair, to float or flow: tenui vagus innatat undā Crinis, Val. Fl. 3, 525.