LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

nauclērus

nauclērus m (genitive nauclērī)

Meaning

  1. nauclerus (a shipmaster, a shipowner, a skipper)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenauclērusnauclērī
genitivenauclērīnauclērōrum
dativenauclērōnauclērīs
accusativenauclērumnauclērōs
ablativenauclērōnauclērīs
vocativenauclērenauclērī

nauclērus, i, m., = ναύκληρος,
I. a shipowner, a ship-master, skipper (syn.: navarchus, gubernator), Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 17; Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 1; Vulg. Act. 27, 11; Cod. Th. 7, 16, 3; Firm. Math. 8, 20 fin.—
II. Nauclērus, the title of a comedy of Cæcilius, Non. 12, 32; 126, 26; 506, 5; Isid. Orig. 19, 1.

Origins

From Ancient Greek ναύκληρος (naúklēros). Compare Arabic نَاخُوذَاة (nāḵūḏāh) of the same idea.

Italo-Romance
  • Italiannocchiero
  • Catalannauxerfrom Italian nocchiero
  • Italiannocchiere
Elsewhere
  • Englishnauclerus
  • Frenchnauclère
  • Spanishnauclero

In English words that came into English from nauclērus

  • nauclerusnauclērus

Quick answers

What does nauclērus mean in Latin?
nauclērus, a noun, means “nauclerus (a shipmaster, a shipowner, a skipper)”.
What is the genitive of nauclērus?
The genitive singular is nauclērī. nauclērus is masculine, second declension.