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I. Neutr., to swim out, swim away, escape by swimming.
A. Prop. (rare but class.): facile, * Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 81: e concha, * Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 63: “in Erythraeam,” Liv. 44, 28; cf.: “in terram,” id. 33, 41.—
II. Act., to traverse by swimming, i. e. to sail through a place (in post-Aug. poets): “orbem fretis,” Val. Fl. 5, 316: “has valles,” Sil. 3, 662.