[ˈnaː.wɪs], [ˈnaː.vis]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *naus ~ *nāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us, cognate with Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), Armenian նավ (nav, “ship or boat”), Persian ناو (nâv), and Sanskrit नौ (nau, “ship”).
- declension-3ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
“Iam validam Īlioneī nāvem, iam fortis Achātī,
et quā vectus Abās, et quā grandaevus Alētēs,” — Now the sturdy ship of Ilioneus, now [the ship] of brave Achates, and [that ship] by which Abas has been carried, and [that ship] by which old Aletes [has been carried]: the storm defeats [them all].
“Nāvis, quae in flūmine magna est, in marī parvula est.” — A ship, which is big in a river, is tiny in a sea.
- declension-3nave (middle or body of a church)
- ablative, dative, feminine, form-of, masculinedative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of nāvus (“active; busy; diligent”)
Formaenāvis(canonical, feminine) · i-stem(canonical) · nāvis(genitive) · nāvis(nominative, singular) · nāvēs(nominative, plural) · nāvis(genitive, singular) · nāvium(genitive, plural) · nāvī(dative, singular) · nāvibus(dative, plural) · nāvem(accusative, singular) · nāvim(accusative, singular) · nāvēs(accusative, plural) · nāvīs(accusative, plural) · nāve(ablative, singular) · nāvī(ablative, singular) · nāvibus(ablative, plural) · nāvis(singular, vocative) · nāvēs(plural, vocative) · nāvīs(canonical)