navita
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from nāvis (“ship”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.u̯i.ta/, [ˈnäːu̯ɪt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.vi.ta/, [ˈnäːvit̪ä]
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.