Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1161.nāuis on page 1161
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nāvis ship
nāvis is a Latin Noun that primarily means ship.
Definitions for nāvis
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
ship, boat
English derivatives:
naval navy navigable navigate nave
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A ship. (b) (w. defining adj.; esp.) ~is longa, a warship, man-of-war. (c) ~i, ~ibus, by ship, by sea. (d) ~em (~is) soluere, to set sail. (e) (in fig. phrs.); rei publicae ~is, the ship of state; in eadem ~i esse, to be in the same predicament, be in the same boat; ~ibus atque quadrigis, with might and main.
- 2
(astron.) The constellation Argo.
Sentences with nāvis
Latin to English
Nāvis sub aquā fuit.Compare The ship was under water
Putābam eōs vīnum nāvibus lātūrōs esse.Compare I kept thinking that they would bring the wine in ships (lit., by ships).
Erant Antōnio nāvēs magnae.Compare Antony had large ships (literally, Large ships were to Antony).
Par navis numerus Cn. Octavius, praetor prior annus, decerno.Compare They decreed an equal number of ships to Cneius Octavius, the praetor of the preceding year.
Ego navis paro: tuus litterae tamen exspecto.Compare I have got a ship ready: nevertheless I am waiting for a letter from you.
Elephantus inter duo acies versor, velut incertus quis sum, haud dissimiliter navis sine gubernaculum vagus.Compare The elephants began to move to and fro between the two armies, as if uncertain to whom they belonged, not unlike ships drifting without a helm.
Is ita moderor cursus navis iubeo, ut idem tempus exercitus ostendo et classis portus intro.Compare He had been ordered so to regulate the course of the vessels, that the army might become visible and the fleet enter the harbour at the same time.
Declension table for nāvis
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | nāvis | nāvēs |
| Gen. | nāvis | nāvium |
| Dat. | nāvī | nāvibus |
| Acc. | nāvim / -em | nāvīs / -ēs |
| Abl. | nāvī / -e | nāvibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 137.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1161.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "nāvis, nāvis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/navis-navis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 137.nāvis, nāvis on page 137
