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* prae-narro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to tell or relate beforehand: rem, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 12.

prae-năto, āre, v. n.

  1. I. To swim before or in front: praenatans musculus, Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 186: praenatante pisciculo, id. 9, 45, 68, § 146.
  2. II. To swim or flow by: domos praenatat amnis, Verg. A. 6, 705.

praenāvĭgātĭo, ōnis, f. [praenavigo], a sailing by or past (post-Aug.): praenavigatio Atlantis, Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 199; 4, 12, 19, § 57.

prae-nāvĭgo, āvi, 1, v. a. and n., to sail by or past any thing, to sail along (post-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit., absol.: praenavigantes adulterae, Sen. Ep. 51, 12; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97.
    With acc.: praenavigans litus, loca, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Val. Max. 1, 8, 9: oppida praenavigari tradunt, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 146; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 6.
  2. II. Trop., to sail past, to hurry past a thing: praenavigamus vitam, pass, spend, Sen. Ep. 70, 1.