navicella
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin navicella, from navis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
navicella f (plural navicelle)
- Diminutive of nave: a small ship
- 1855, Geminiano Mislei, La Vita di Gesù Cristo secondo l’Armonia de’ Quattro Evangeli, Giacinto Marietti, page 112:
- E Pietro scende dalla navicella, e cammina sopra le acque per venire a Gesù: […]
- And Peter descends from the boat, and walks over the waters coming to Jesus: […]
- gondola (of an airship)
- 2008, Vincenzo Ingarao, India Hotel Otto Sette Zero, La Riflassione, page 166:
- Nel cozzo si sfasciò la navicella dell’aeronave lasciando cadere tutti coloro che la occupavano, tra i quali il comandante.
- The gondola broke apart in the crash, letting all the people who occupied it, among whom was the commander, fall.
- incense boat (vessel for incense)
- Synonym: navetta portaincenso
- 1836, François Pouqueville, translated by A. Francesco Falconetti, La Grecia, Giuseppe Antonelli, page 411:
- […] , somiglava ad una piccola navicella rotonda col coperchio mezzo chiuso; […]
- […] , it looked like a small round incense boat with the lid half open; […]
- spool
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- nauicella (other typography)
Etymology[edit]
A diminutive of nāvis
Noun[edit]
nāvicella f (genitive nāvicellae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) a small ship, a boat
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nāvicella | nāvicellae |
Genitive | nāvicellae | nāvicellārum |
Dative | nāvicellae | nāvicellīs |
Accusative | nāvicellam | nāvicellās |
Ablative | nāvicellā | nāvicellīs |
Vocative | nāvicella | nāvicellae |
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References[edit]
- “navicella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- navicella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1016
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