navus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃wós, from *ǵneh₃- (“know”) (whence Latin nōscō (“to know, recognize”)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.u̯us/, [ˈnäːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.vus/, [ˈnäːvus]
Adjective
nāvus (feminine nāva, neuter nāvum, comparative nāvior, superlative nāvissimus, adverb nāviter); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nāvus | nāva | nāvum | nāvī | nāvae | nāva | |
| Genitive | nāvī | nāvae | nāvī | nāvōrum | nāvārum | nāvōrum | |
| Dative | nāvō | nāvō | nāvīs | ||||
| Accusative | nāvum | nāvam | nāvum | nāvōs | nāvās | nāva | |
| Ablative | nāvō | nāvā | nāvō | nāvīs | |||
| Vocative | nāve | nāva | nāvum | nāvī | nāvae | nāva | |
References
- “navus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “navus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- navus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a cutter: navis actuaria
- (ambiguous) a man-of-war: navis longa
- (ambiguous) a transport or cargo-boat: navis oneraria
- (ambiguous) a merchantman: navis mercatoria
- (ambiguous) the ship strikes on the rocks: navis ad scopulos alliditur (B. C. 3. 27)
- (ambiguous) the admiral's ship; the flagship: navis praetoria (Liv. 21. 49)
- (ambiguous) a cutter: navis actuaria
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