navigabilis Latin · revision 34632

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=59 BC–17 AD, Livy|origins=ine-pro *neh₂-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [naː.wɪˈɡaː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [na.viˈɡaː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nāvigābilis''' (neuter nāvigābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nāvigō|-bilis|t1=to sail]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) and the verb is formed from [[m|la|nāvis|t=ship]],^(de Vaan 2008) which goes back to [[itc-pro|*nau-]] and [[ine-pro|*neh₂-u-|t=ship]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan takes this as probably “the floating one”, from a root meaning “to swim”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Livy has it first,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) of a navigable river and of a sea made navigable by the season.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Seneca uses it of rivers and lakes, Tacitus of a navigable canal and of coasts that a canal would connect by water, and Pliny the Elder of trade carried by ship and of calm weather fit for sailing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL notes that in prose it is found from Livy and the elder Seneca, and often in Pliny.^(TLL)

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+ Medieval British sources keep the sense “navigable” and also have a form ''navigalis''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a river and of the sea.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of rivers and lakes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of ship-borne trade.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of a canal.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|navigable|alt=Navigable]], fit for ships;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) (of the sea or weather) suitable for sailing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # (of places) Connected by navigable waterways.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of trade) Carried by ship.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nāvigō]]

+ * [[nāvis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}