LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

nāvita

nāvita m (genitive nāvitae)
Classical[ˈnaː.wɪ.ta]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaː.vi.ta]

Meaning

  1. poeticsailor
    Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls, the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenāvitanāvitae
genitivenāvitaenāvitārum
dativenāvitaenāvitīs
accusativenāvitamnāvitās
ablativenāvitānāvitīs
vocativenāvitanāvitae

nāvĭta, v. nauta.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néh₂us
  3. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  4. Latinnāvita

Latin -ta Latin nāvita From nāvis + -ta. Doublet of nauta.

Quick answers

What does nāvita mean in Latin?
nāvita, a noun, means “sailor”.
What is the genitive of nāvita?
The genitive singular is nāvitae. nāvita is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce nāvita?
In classical Latin, [ˈnaː.wɪ.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnaː.vi.ta].
Where does nāvita come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us → Proto-Italic [Term?] → Latin nāvita.