navita

Latin

Etymology

Derived from nāvis (“ship”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.wi.ta/, [ˈnaː.wɪ.ta]

Noun

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.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nāvita	nāvitae
Genitive	nāvitae	nāvitārum
Dative	nāvitae	nāvitīs
Accusative	nāvitam	nāvitās
Ablative	nāvitā	nāvitīs
Vocative	nāvita	nāvitae

Synonyms

(sailor): nauta

Related terms

nāvia
nāvicella
nāvicula
nāviculāris
nāviculārius

nāviculor
nāvifragus
nāvigābilis
nāvigātiō
nāvigātor

References

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

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