an-no (better adn-), āre, v. n. To swim to, toward, or along; constr. with the dat., ad, or acc. With dat.: terrae, Verg. A. 6, 358: ei insulae crocodili non adnant, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 93 Jan.

— With ad: ad litus, Gell. 7, 8, 7.

— With acc.: pauci milites, qui naves adnare possent, Caes. B. C. 2, 44.

—Absol.: plures adnabunt thynni, * Hor. S. 2, 5, 44.

— Trop.: quod ubique gentium est, ad eam urbem posset adnare, come to, approach, Cic. Rep. 2, 4.

— To swim with or along with: pedites adnantes equis, Tac. A. 14, 29.