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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃wós, from *ǵneh₃- (“know”) (whence Latin nōscō (“to know, recognize”)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus).
Given Oscan Γναυς (Gnaus, praenomen), a Proto-Italic *gnāwos is reconstructible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nāvus (feminine nāva, neuter nāvum, comparative nāvior, superlative nāvissimus, adverb nāviter); first/second-declension adjective
- active, busy, diligent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “navus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “navus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- navus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a cutter: navis actuaria
- (ambiguous) a man-of-war: navis longa
- (ambiguous) a transport or cargo-boat: navis oneraria
- (ambiguous) a merchantman: navis mercatoria
- (ambiguous) the ship strikes on the rocks: navis ad scopulos alliditur (B. C. 3. 27)
- (ambiguous) the admiral's ship; the flagship: navis praetoria (Liv. 21. 49)