navis Latin · revision 5388

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *néh₂us}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnaː.wɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnaː.vis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nāvis''' ''f'' (genitive nāvis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*nau-|t=ship]], [[inh|ine-pro|*neh₂-u-|t=ship]], probably “the floating one”, from the root of “to swim”, as in [[nō]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Cognate with [[sga|nau|t=ship]], [[sa|नौ|tr=náu|t=ship]], [[grc|ναῦς|tr=naûs|t=ship]] and [[non|nór|t=ship]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) The long vowel of the oblique forms, *nāwV-, spread to the whole paradigm.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Livius Andronicus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who has people carrying gifts to the ships.^(OLD 2012) Köbler places his career before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a ship, as in Ennius' ''nāvēs vēlivolae'' “sail-winged ships”, with phrases such as ''nāvis longa'' “warship” and ''nāvis onerāria'' “merchant ship”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In astronomy it was the constellation Argo.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein contrasts [[nāvigium]], the general word for a vessel, with ''nāvis'', a ship for long voyages.^(Döderlein 1874) In medieval Latin it was a vault, the nave of a church, a gutter, and an incense boat.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|nave]] (1670s) is from the church sense.^(Etymonline) Its derivative [[nāvālis]] gave [[en|naval]], and ''nāvigia'' “vessels” gave Old French ''navie'' and [[en|navy]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus speaks of carrying gifts to the ships.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius has ''nāvēs vēlivolae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the constellation Argo.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1670s – English ''nave'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|ship]], ''nāvis longa'', a warship.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # The constellation Argo.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The [[m|en|nave]] of a church; a vault.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An incense boat; a gutter.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nāvālis]]

+ * [[nāvia]]

+ * [[nāvicella]]

+ * [[nāvicula]]

+ * [[nāviculāris]]

+ * [[nāviculārius]]

+ * [[nāviculor]]

+ * [[nāvifragus]]

+ * [[nāvigābilis]]

+ * [[nāvigātiō]]

+ * [[nāvigātor]]

+ * [[nāviger]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nauta]]

+ * [[en|naval]]

+ * [[en|navy]]

+ * [[en|nave]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}