put to sea Copy link Outline 1. solvo, 32. edūco, 3, navem, etc. • put to sea: 1. solvo, 3: with acc. of navis or classis (prop. to cast off moorings, to weigh anchor, to loose from): subj. of the person: (Caesar) p. to sea a little past midnight, ipse paulo post mediam noctem naves solvit, Caes. B. G. 4, 36 (cf. ib. 23): with a and abl. of the land; cf. naves conscenderunt et a terra solverunt, id. B. C. 3, 101: abl. of the place; mercatores Alexandria solvisse, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 50: also subj. of the ships; cf. naves xviii. ex superiore portu leni vento solverunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 28: pass. with navis as subj.; interea e portu nostra navis solvitur, Pl. Bac. 2. 3, 54. 2. edūco, 3, navem, etc.: cf. to put off; to put out (of port); to weigh. Poet. solvere vela, Prop. 1, 17, 26. Phr., poet.: in altum vela dabant, Virg. Aen. 1, 34: Vulg. has the simple verb: duc in altum (p. out into deep water), Luc. v. 4: Vulg. also has nāvĭgo, Act. xiii. 13, xxi. 1: and tollo, Act. xxvii. 4, 21: cf. to launch; to loose; to sail; to weigh (anchor).