sail (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. vēlum (gen. term)2. poet. carbăsus, i, f.3. only pl., lintea, orumII. Meton.? = shipIII. Of a windmill perh. brāchium or vēlum. • sail (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. vēlum (gen. term): to set s., vela dare, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: Virg.: more rhetorically, v. pandere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, extr.: somewhat different is vela facere, to make s., as distinguished from rowing, Cic. Tusc. l. c.: to furl s., vela contrahere, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 24: subducere, Auct. B. Alex. 45: legere, Virg. G. 1, 373: full s., velis passis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119. 2. poet. carbăsus, i, f.: n. pl. carbăsa, orum (lit. a kind of flax: used by meton. like our canvas): Virg. Aen. 3, 357. 3. only pl., lintea, orum: ib. 3, 686 (dare lintea retro = dare vela ...). Phr.: to set s., i. e. to commence a voyage, navem, naves solvere (weigh anchor), Caes. B. G. 4, 36: see also supr. (1). II. Meton.? = ship: use navis. III. Of a windmill perh. brāchium or vēlum.
sail (v.) Copy link Outline I. To use s., be propelled by means of s.sII. In wider sense, to go by sea, make a voyage1. nāvĭgo, 1 (to go by sea, whatever the motive power)2. expr. by comps. of vĕhor, ctus, 3 (to be conveyed in whatsoever way3. to s. along, coast along, lĕgo, lēgi. ctum, 3III. To set out on a voyageIV. Fig. • sail (v.): I. To use s., be propelled by means of s.s: vēla făcio, 3, Cic. v. preced. art. init. II. In wider sense, to go by sea, make a voyage: 1. nāvĭgo, 1 (to go by sea, whatever the motive power): suitable weather for s.ing, idoneum tempus ad navigandum, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: et pass. Comps. (1.) ēnāvĭgo, 1 (to s. out, get clear of a certain place): Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, fin. (e scrupulosis cotibus e., fig.): Suet. (2.) pernāvĭgo, 1 (to s. through: v. race): Plin. (3.) circumnāvĭgo, 1 (to s. round): Vell. 2. expr. by comps. of vĕhor, ctus, 3 (to be conveyed in whatsoever way: the simple v rb in present sense perh. does not occur): (1.) advĕhor. 3 (to s. to a place): Sall. Jug. 86 (Marius Uticam advehitur). (2.) ēvĕhor, 3 (to s. out, go out to sea: preferable to enavigo): s ing out from the Egean sea, they crossed over to Delos, evecti Aegaeo mari Delum trajecerunt, Liv. 44, 28, extr.: cf. id. 21, 50, init, in altum evehi (opp. to the notion of remaining c ose ashore) (3.) transvĕhor. 3 (to s. or cross over): Sall. Jug. 18 (Medi navibus in Africam transvecti): Liv. (4) praetervĕhor, 3 (to s. past): Caes. B. C. 3, 26. (5) circumvĕhor, 3 (to s. round): Liv. 10. 2 (circumvectus Brundisii promontorium, having rounded it) (6.) rĕvĕhor, 3 (to s. back): Hor. 3. to s. along, coast along, lĕgo, lēgi. ctum, 3: Liv. 21, 51, fin.: decem navibus oram Italiae legens. Also in same sense praelego, 3: Tac. III. To set out on a voyage: vēla dare. navem (naves) solvere: v. preced. art. IV. Fig.: to move along through the air: usu. fĕror, 3, irr.: cf. Virg. G. 1, 397 (of the movement of light fleecy clouds)
SAIL Copy link • SAIL 1. s. PROP., velum. To set sail, vela facere: vela pandere (PROP. and figuratively; opposed to remigare, navem remis propellere; Vid: Cic., Tusc., 4, 4 and 5, § 9): solvere navem et vela ventis dare (to set all sails). To furl the sails, vela contrahere (also figuratively, as Hor., Od., 2, 10, 23): to strike sails, vela subducere (PROP.); cedere (figuratively = to give in, to yield): to an tie at a place with all sails set, velis passis aliquo pervehi (of persons): velo passo aliquo pervenire (of ships): to set sail = to loosen the ship, navem solvere: without sails, velis carens. By metonymy = the whole ship, navis. A fleet of thirty sail, classis triginta navium. Of a wind-mill, perhaps ala. 2. v. To he conveyed, or pass, by sails, vela facere: vela pandere (opposed to remigare or navem remis propellere): navigare (to pass by ship). To sail to a place, vela dirigere ad aliquem locum; navem or cursum dirigere aliquo; tenere locum: he sailed for the place of his destination, cursum direxit, quo tendebat: to sail slowly, tardius cursum conficere: to sail very quickly, esse incredibili celeritate velis: to sail with a full, fair wind, pede aequo or pedibus aequis vehi: to sail with a half wind, pedem facere or proferre; ventum obliquum captare: to sail about, circumnavigare: to sail over, transvehi: trajicere: transmittere: to sail over with the fleet to Euboea, classem transvehere, transmittere in Euboeam (☞ transfretare, “to sail over the sea,” is a late word, for which the best writers said mare trajicere or transmittere): to see through, navigare: pernavigare (to sail all over): enavigare (to pass over by sailing in a certain time; e.g., to sail through the gulf in twelve days and nights, sinum duodecim dierum et noctium remigio, Plin., 9, 3, 2). To set sail, solvere navem, or simply solvere (poetical, vela ventis dare). To sail with a fleet, classe navigare (but only with mention of the point to which one sails; e.g., to Macedonia, classe navigare in Macedoniam): to sail from land, a terra solvere: to sail from the harbor, e portu solvere: the ship sails, navis solvit; a terra provehitur navis. Ready to sail, ad navigandum paratus; paratus ad navigandum atque omnibus rebus instructus.