gnavus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *gnāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃wós, from *ǵneh₃- (“know”) (whence Latin gnōscō (“to know, recognize”)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɲaː.vus] === Adjective === gnāvus (feminine gnāva, neuter gnāvum, comparative gnāvior, superlative gnāvissimus); first/second-declension adjective alternative form of nāvus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “gnavus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268