noun · neutersecond declension
nāvigium
nāvigium n (genitive nāvigiī or nāvigī)
Meaning
- vessel, ship, boat
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nāvis parvanāvigium -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 16
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Navigium · Navis · Celox · Lembus · Liburna · Scapha · Cymba · Linter
Navigium is the most general expression, like vessel; navis (ναῦς) an ordinary ship for distant voyages; celox, lembus, and liburna, are boats which may be manned and armed for service in war; scapha, cymba, and linter, are only skiffs and wherries, intended merely for short distances and for crossing over; scapha and cymba, of the broader sort, in the form of small barges; linter, long and narrow, like a canoe. (vi. 232.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nāvigium | nāvigia |
| genitive | nāvigiī nāvigī | nāvigiōrum |
| dative | nāvigiō | nāvigiīs |
| accusative | nāvigium | nāvigia |
| ablative | nāvigiō | nāvigiīs |
| vocative | nāvigium | nāvigia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- navigia speculatoria
- reconnoitring-vessels.
nāvĭgĭum, ii, n. navigo,
I. a vessel, a ship, bark, boat.
I. Lit. (class.):
navigia facere, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 152: navigium dissolutum, vel potius dissipatum, id. Att. 15, 11, 3: probum navigium, id. Ac. 2, 31, 100: luculentum, id. Att. 16, 4, 4: in eodem velut navigio participem esse periculi, Liv. 44, 22: Deucalion navigio montem ascendit, Juv. 1, 82.—II. Transf.
A. A float, raft (post-class.), Dig. 43, 12, 1, § 14.—
B. A sailing, navigation (ante- and post-class.):
in omnes navigii dies, Dig. 45, 1, 122; ib. 43, 12, 1 med (but not Lucr. 5, 1006; v. Lachm. and Munro ad loc.). Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nāvigium ī, n
navis+1 AG-, a vessel, ship, bark, boat : qui essent appulsi navigiis: navigiis incidit Eurus, V.: Fragmina navigii, O.
Origins
From nāvigō (“to sail”) + -ium, from nāvis (“ship”).
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Occitannavirifrom Old Occitan naveg
- Catalannavili
- Occitannavilifrom Old Occitan naveli
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Englishnavyfrom Old French navie
- Frenchnavirefrom Old French navirie
- Old Frenchnavoi
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesenaviofrom Old Galician-Portuguese navio
- Spanishnavío
- Galiciannavíofrom Old Galician-Portuguese navio
Borrowings
- Italiannavigio
Italo-Romance
- Italiannaviglio