FLOAT Copy link • FLOAT 1. s. navis caudicaria or codicaria (Sall., Fragm., p. 990, Cort.): ratis. A float of wood, *lignorum per aquas decursus. The float on a fishing-line, *cortex. 2. v. TRANS., To flood (fields, etc.), Vid: To send timber down a river, *ligna flumine secundo demittere. To float a ship, navem deducere (to launch): navem scopulo detrudere (a ship that has been aground). INTR., innare or innatare alicui rei (to swim in anything): sustineri ab aliqua re (to be supported on the surface, not sink down; e.g., on the water, ab aqua): fluctuare or fluctuari (to float on the waves): fluitare (to float in the air). A floating island, natans insula: a floating bridge, *pons e ratibus factus. The floating of timber down the stream, *lignorum per aquas decursus. IMPROPR., To be contented to float with the stream, nunquam dirigere brachia contra torrentem (Juv.).