noun · femininethird declension
nāvis
nāvis f (genitive nāvis)
Classical[ˈnaː.wɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaː.vis]
№ 353 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
Iam validam Īlioneī nāvem, iam fortis Achātī, et quā vectus Abās, et quā grandaevus Alētēs, vīcit hiems [...].
Now the sturdy ship of Ilioneus, now [the ship] of brave Achates, and [that ship] by which Abas has been carried, and [that ship] by which old Aletes [has been carried]: the storm defeats [them all]. (The storm at sea destroys the Trojan fleet; the passage exemplifies ellipsis, since it refers to four different ships, yet uses the word “navem” only once.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.120–122Nāvis, quae in flūmine magna est, in marī parvula est.
A ship, which is big in a river, is tiny in a sea.c. 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 5.43.2 - nave (middle or body of a church)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quā hominēs per mare vehuntur; vēla vel rēmōs habet.nāvis -is f — in Mille Verba, Mare et Nāvēs
quā per aquam vehimurnāvis -is (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 6 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 2
ships
nāvēs — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 22
ship
nāvis -is — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 3, 6, 16, 18, 22 and Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 19
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 | nāvis nāvicula | nāvēs nāviculae |
| genitive | nāvis nāviculae | nāvium nāviculārum |
| dative | nāvī nāviculae | nāvibus nāviculīs |
| accusative | nāvem nāvim, nāviculam | nāvēs nāvīs, nāviculās |
| ablative | nāve nāvī, nāviculā | nāvibus nāviculīs |
| vocative | nāvis nāvicula | nāvēs nāviculae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- navis longa
- a man-of-war.
- navis actuaria
- a cutter.
- navem reficere
- to repair a boat.
- navis oneraria
- a transport or cargo-boat.
- navem expedire
- to clear for action.
- naves annotinae
- ships of last year.
- navem expugnare
- to board and capture a boat.
- navis mercatoria
- a merchantman.
24 more phrases
- exire ex, de navi
- to land, disembark.
- navem (naves) solvere
- to weigh anchor, sail.
- navibus plurimum posse
- to have a powerful navy.
- naves ex portu solvunt
- the ships sail from the harbour.
- navem rostro percutere
- to charge, ram a boat.
- navem subducere (in aridum)
- to haul up a boat.
- navem conscendere, ascendere
- to embark.
- navis praetoria (Liv. 21. 49)
- the admiral's ship; the flagship.
- navem remis agere or propellere
- to row.
- navem remis concitare, incitare
- to row hard.
- in navem (hostium) transcendere
- to throw grappling irons on board; to board.
- navem, classem deprimere, mergere
- to sink a ship, a fleet.
- navem retro inhibere (Att. 13. 21)
- to back water.
- appellere navem (ad terram, litus)
- to land (of people).
- naves (classem) constituere (in alto)
- to make fast boats to anchors.
- naves ad ancoras deligare (B. G. 4. 29)
- to make fast boats to anchors.
- navem capere, intercipere, deprehendere
- to capture a boat.
- exercitum in naves imponere (Liv. 22. 19)
- to embark an army.
- navem (classem) armare, ornare, instruere
- to equip a boat, a fleet.
- navis ad scopulos alliditur (B. C. 3. 27)
- the ship strikes on the rocks.
- copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicere
- to throw grappling irons on board; to board.
- ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptum
- much damage was done by this collision.
nāvis, is (
I. acc. sing. usually navem, Charis. 101 P.; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57; Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 174; Caes. B. C. 3, 39, 2 et saep.;
but navim, Cic. Att. 7, 22, 1; Sall. J. 25, 5; Hor. C. 1, 32, 8; id. Ep. 2, 1, 114; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 41; Ov. M. 11, 663; 14, 218; Liv. 24, 34, 11; 40, 4, 11; Pers. 5, 141; Juv. 6, 98; Lact. 2, 7, 12 al.; abl. navi, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 7; Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 159 et saep.; but nave, id. Inv. 2, 42, 124; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64; id. Fam. 10, 31, 1; 14, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 12; Cat. 64, 84; Verg. A. 5, 188; 487; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200; Prop. 1, 8, 6; Ov. H. 13, 99; Liv. 5, 28, 2 et saep.; cf. Charis. p. 33 P.; Diom. 1, p. 283 P.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 200 sq.; 216 sq.), f. ναῦς; Sanscr. nau, the same, a ship (syn.: navigium). I. Lit.:
navis longa, a ship of war, Liv. 24, 36: oneraria, a transport, id. 24, 40: mercatoria, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 2; praedatoria, id. Men. 2, 3, 87: praetoria, the admiral's ship, id. 29, 25: tecta, id. 22, 21; or, constrata, having a deck, decked, id. 35, 46: aperta, open, without a deck, id. 32, 21: auri navem evertat gubernator, an paleae, laden with gold or chaff, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: navem construere, id. Sen. 20, 72: triremis instar aedificata, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44: navem adornare, Caes. B. C. 1, 26: armare, id. B. G. 5, 1: reficere, id. ib. 4, 31: fabricari, Tac. A. 14, 29: deducere, to launch, Caes. B. G. 5, 23: deducere in aquam, Liv. 28, 17: moliri ab terrā, id. 28, 7: ex portu educere, Caes. B. C. 1, 57: subducere, id. B. G. 5, 11: subducere in aridum, id. ib. 4, 29: agere, to work a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114: mercibus implere, Juv. 14, 288: solvere, to set sail, Caes. B. C. 3, 6; so, naves leni vento solverunt, id. B. G. 4, 28: mea Hodie solutast navis, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 16: navem appellere ad aliquem locum, to land, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3: applicare terrae, Liv. 28, 17: appellere litori, Curt. 4, 2, 24: navem fregit, was shipwrecked, cast away, Ter. And. 1, 3, 17: in portu evertere, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 174: impingere, Quint. 4, 1, 61: deprimere, Tac. H. 4, 79: gubernare et salvam in portu collocare, Cic. Pis. 9, 20: remis incitare, Caes. B. G. 4, 25: in navibus vehi, Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89: e navi egredi, id. Vatin. 5, 12: lassus sum hercle e navi, from my voyage, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 173: navis cursum suum tenens, Cic. Planc. 39, 94: navem statuere, to heave to, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57: navium tutela, the image of a deity placed on the stern of the vessel, under whose protection the ship was placed, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 1; cf. id. H. 16, 112; Val. Fl. 1, 301. The proper badge of a vessel, after which it was named, was placed on the prow: Aeneia puppis Prima tenet rostro Phrygios subjuncta leones. Verg. A. 10, 157; cf. id. ib. 5, 116 sq.: TRIREME MARTE, Inscr. Mur. 780, 5.—Prov.: navibus atque quadrigis petere aliquid, i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 28; cf. Juv. 9, 131: navem perforare quā ipse quis naviget, i. e. to do one's self an injury, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47: navem mortuo applicare, to rescue a drowned man from the water, i. e. to bring assistance when too late, Quint. Decl. 12, 23.—B. Transf.
2. Navis Argolica, or simply Navis, the ship Argo, placed among the constellations, Cic. Arat. 277.—
II. Trop., of political affairs:
una navis est jam bonorum omnium, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 5: navis rei publicae fluctuans in alto tempestatibus seditionum ac discordiarum, id. Sest. 20, 46.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nāvis is (acc. vem or vim; abl. vī or ve), f
NA-, a ship : naves longae, ships of war , L.: onerariae, transports , L.: praetoria, the admiral's , L.: constratae, decked , L.: tectae naves et leviores apertae, without a deck , L.: auri an paleae, laden with gold or chaff : navim ascendere, S.: adornare, Cs.: deducere, launch , Cs.: terrae adplicare navīs, L.: subducere in aridum, Cs.: agere, work , H.: mercibus implere, Iu.: solvere, set sail , Cs.: cum ad villam navis appelleretur, landed : navem is fregit, was shipwrecked , T.: qui navem gubernassem: in navibus vehi: navium tutela, the image of a deity as guardian (at the stern), O.: puppis rostro Phrygios subiuncta leones (the image at the prow gave the name to the vessel), V.: dura navis, Dura fugae mala, hardships of the sea , H.— Prov.: navibus atque Quadrigis petimus bene vivere, i. e. with might and main , H.—As the name of a constellation, Navis Argolica, or simply Navis, the ship Argo .—Fig., of a state or community, a ship : una navis est iam bonorum omnium: rei p.: O navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctūs! H.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*néh₂us
- Proto-Italic[Term?]
- Latinnāvis
From Proto-Italic *naus ~ *nāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us, cognate with Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Armenian նավ (nav, “ship or boat”), Persian ناو (nâv), and Sanskrit नौ (nau, “ship”).
Insular Romance
- Sardiniannave
- Sardiniannavi
- Sardiniannae
- Sardiniannai
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalannaufrom Old Catalan nau
- Occitannaufrom Old Occitan nau
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesenavefrom Old Galician-Portuguese nave
- Spanishnavefrom Old Spanish naue
- Asturiannave
- Galiciannavefrom Old Galician-Portuguese nave
- Ladinonavefrom Old Spanish naue
Borrowings
- Englishnave
- Romaniannavă
- Idonavo
- Interlinguanave
- Tashelhitanaw
Balkano-Romance
- Romaniannaie
- Aromaniannai
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiannave
- Slavomolisanonavafrom Italian nave
- Neapolitannave
- Siciliannavi
- Venetannave
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliannâf
- Friuliannâv
- Romanshnav
- Romanshnev
Gallo-Italic
- Piedmontesenav
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Old Frenchnef