navus

Latin

Alternative forms

• gnāvus

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.u̯us/, [ˈnäːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.vus/, [ˈnäːvus]

Adjective

nāvus (feminine nāva, neuter nāvum, comparative nāvior, superlative nāvissimus, adverb nāviter); first/second-declension adjective

1. active, busy, diligent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nāvus	nāva	nāvum		nāvī	nāvae	nāva
genitive	nāvī	nāvae	nāvī		nāvōrum	nāvārum	nāvōrum
dative	nāvō	nāvae	nāvō		nāvīs
accusative	nāvum	nāvam	nāvum		nāvōs	nāvās	nāva
ablative	nāvō	nāvā	nāvō		nāvīs
vocative	nāve	nāva	nāvum		nāvī	nāvae	nāva

Derived terms

• ignāvus
• nāvē
• nāvitās
• nāviter
• nāvitiēs
• nāvō

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^[1], 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)