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.wus/, [ˈnaː.wʊs]

Adjective

nāvus (feminine nāva, neuter nāvum); first/second declension

  1. active, busy, diligent

Inflection

First/second declension.

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
  • comparative: nāvior, superlative: nāvissimus

Derived terms

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)
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