navita
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from nāvis (“ship”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.wi.ta/, [ˈnaː.wɪ.t̪a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.vi.ta/, [ˈnaː.vi.t̪a]
Noun[edit]
nāvita m (genitive nāvitae); first declension
- (poetic) sailor
- Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4
- Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,
Enumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves.- The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls,
the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
- The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls,
- Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,
- Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nāvita | nāvitae |
| Genitive | nāvitae | nāvitārum |
| Dative | nāvitae | nāvitīs |
| Accusative | nāvitam | nāvitās |
| Ablative | nāvitā | nāvitīs |
| Vocative | nāvita | nāvitae |
Synonyms[edit]
- (sailor): nauta
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- navita in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- navita in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- navita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette