LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

naulum

naulum n (genitive naulī)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinneuterfare
    Furor est post omnia perdere naulum.It were madness to waste the fare after all that.c. 100 CE – c. 130 CE, Juvenalis, Saturae 8.97
    Et surrēxit Iōnas, ut fugeret in Tharsis a facie Domini, et descendit in Joppen : et invenit navem euntem in Tharsis, et dedit naulum ejus, et descendit in eam ut iret cum eis in Tharsis a facie Domini.c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Ionae.1.3

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenaulumnaula
genitivenaulīnaulōrum
dativenaulōnaulīs
accusativenaulumnaula
ablativenaulōnaulīs
vocativenaulumnaula

naulum (naulŏn), i, n., = ναῦλον,
I. passage-money, fare: perdere naulon, Juv. 8, 97: in naulis navium, Dig. 30, 39, 1: ut naulum exsolvatur, ib. 20, 4, 6; Vulg. Jonae, 1, 3.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ναῦλος (naûlos).

Elsewhere
  • Catalannolifrom Vulgar Latin *naulium
  • Occitannolifrom Vulgar Latin *naulium
  • Occitannolitfrom Vulgar Latin *naulium
  • Catalannòlitfrom Vulgar Latin *naulium
  • Frenchnaulagefrom Medieval Latin naulāticum
  • Englishnaulagefrom Medieval Latin naulāticum
  • Medieval Latinnaulagiumfrom Medieval Latin naulāticum
Borrowings
  • Italiannaulo
  • Italiannavolo
  • Portuguesenaulo
  • Venetannaulo
  • Venetannavolo
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiannolo
  • Venetannolo

Quick answers

What does naulum mean in Latin?
naulum, a noun, means “fare”.
What is the genitive of naulum?
The genitive singular is naulī. naulum is neuter, second declension.