navis

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *naus ~ *nāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us, cognate with Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Armenian նավ (nav, “ship or boat”), Persian ناو (nâv), and Sanskrit नौ (nau, “ship”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.wɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.vis] ==== Noun ==== nāvis f (genitive nāvis); third declension, i-stem ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural nave (middle or body of a church) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== nauta ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.wiːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.vis] ==== Adjective ==== nāvīs dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of nāvus (“active; busy; diligent”) === References === “navis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “navis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "navis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “navis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “navis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “navis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin