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.
fleet (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. cĕler, ĕris, ĕre2. vŏlŭcer, cris, cre (as it were winged, flying)3. fŭgax, ācis (given to run away) • fleet (adj.): 1. cĕler, ĕris, ĕre: v. swift. 2. vŏlŭcer, cris, cre (as it were winged, flying): f. horses, v. equi, Ov.: f. breezes, v. aurae, Virg.: Hor. 3. fŭgax, ācis (given to run away): fleeter than the winds and the winged breeze, ventis volucrique fugacior aura, Ov.: Hor.
FLEET Copy link • 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.