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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ναύαρχος (naúarkhos).
Noun
nauarchus m (genitive nauarchī); second declension
- captain, skipper
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “nauarchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nauarchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nauarchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “nauarchus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nauarchus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016