LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

nautea

nautea f (genitive nauteae)
Classical[ˈnau̯.te.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaːu̯.te.a]

Meaning

  1. femininebryony (used in tanning)
  2. feminineooze, tan liquor
    [Philaenium] Dic amabo, an fetet anima uxoris tuae? [Demanenetus] Nauteam / bibere malim, si necessum sit, quam illam oscularier.c. 209 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 5.2.44–45
    [Leaena] […] nam omnium unguentum odor prae tuo nautea est, / tu mihi stacta, tu cinnamum, tu rosa, / tu crocinum et casia es, tu telinum […]c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 101

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenauteanauteae
genitivenauteaenauteārum
dativenauteaenauteīs
accusativenauteamnauteās
ablativenauteānauteīs
vocativenauteanauteae

nautĕa, ae, f., = ναυτία (another form for ναυσία). *
I. A qualm, nausea: nauteam facere, Plaut. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll.—
II. An offensive liquid, perh. bilgewater = sentina: nautea est aqua de coriis, vel, quod est verius, aqua de sentinā, dicta a nautis, Non. 8, 6: nauteam Bibere malim, si necessum est, quam illanc oscularier, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 44; id. Curc. 1, 2, 5: hircus unctus nauteā, id. Cas. grex. fin.—(Acc. to Opilius Aurelius ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 165 Müll., nautea is a plant used by tanners: nauteam ait Opilius Aurelius herbam esse granis nigris, quā coriarii utuntur, a nave ductum nomen, quia nauseam facit, permutatione T et S; cf. ib. p. 164 ib.)

Origins

Suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂-, if the form nōtia is the original one.

Quick answers

What does nautea mean in Latin?
nautea, a noun, means “bryony (used in tanning); ooze, tan liquor”.
What is the genitive of nautea?
The genitive singular is nauteae. nautea is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce nautea?
In classical Latin, [ˈnau̯.te.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnaːu̯.te.a].