fleet (subs.) Copy link Outline 2. expr. by nāves • fleet (subs.): classis, is, f.: to build and equip a f., c. aedificare et ornare (instruere), Cic.: to get ready a f., c. parare, Liv.: to collect a f., c. comparare, Cic.: to have command of a f., classi praeesse, Cic.: to enlist for the f., nomen in classem dare, Liv. 28, 45, fin.: to man the Roman f. with sailors, c. Romanam sociis navalibus complere, Liv. 2. expr. by nāves: to man a f. with farm labourers and shepherds, naves colonis et pastoribus complere, Caes. B. C. 1, 56: Liv.: v. ship.