navita

== Latin == === Etymology === From nāvis +‎ -ta. Doublet of nauta. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.wɪ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.vi.ta] === Noun === nāvita m (genitive nāvitae); first declension (poetic) sailor Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4 Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,Enumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves. The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls,the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (sailor): nauta ==== Related terms ==== === References === “navita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “navita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “navita”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.