navita

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from nāvis (ship).

Pronunciation

Noun

nāvita m (genitive nāvitae); first declension

  1. (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

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.