gnavus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃wós, from *ǵneh₃- (“know”) (whence Latin gnōscō (“to know, recognize”)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡnaː.u̯us/, [ˈŋnäːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɲa.vus/, [ˈɲäːvus]
Adjective
gnāvus (feminine gnāva, neuter gnāvum, comparative gnāvior, superlative gnāvissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- Alternative form of nāvus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | gnāvus | gnāva | gnāvum | gnāvī | gnāvae | gnāva | |
| Genitive | gnāvī | gnāvae | gnāvī | gnāvōrum | gnāvārum | gnāvōrum | |
| Dative | gnāvō | gnāvō | gnāvīs | ||||
| Accusative | gnāvum | gnāvam | gnāvum | gnāvōs | gnāvās | gnāva | |
| Ablative | gnāvō | gnāvā | gnāvō | gnāvīs | |||
| Vocative | gnāve | gnāva | gnāvum | gnāvī | gnāvae | gnāva | |