• FLEET

1. s. classis. To build a fleet, classem aedificare, facere; efficere (to contrive to bring it together, or to get it up): to equip a fleet (and man it), classem ornare: to man it (with soldiers), classi milites attribuere: the fleet leaves the port, sets sail, classis exit, e portu proficiscitur: to quit the port with the fleet, naves e portu educere: to send the fleet out for a cruise, classem quoquo versus dimittere: to cast anchor with the fleet, classem constituere: to land with the fleet, classem in or ad locum appellere: to command the fleet, praeesse classi: to have or possess a powerful fleet, valere classe: to cover the sea or seas with one’s fleets, maria classibus consternere (Curt., 9, 6, 7). A small fleet, classis parva; classicula: to have a small fleet, aliquid navicularum habere: a fleet of thirty sail, classis triginta navium.

2. adj., Vid: SWIFT.

3.

• v. To skim, Vid:
• To fleet time away, horas fallere aliqua re (†). Vid: To FLY AWAY.