nauta Latin · revision 8321

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Ennius|origins=grc ναύτης}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnau̯.ta], [ˈnau̯.taː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnaːu̯.ta], [ˈnaːu̯.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nauta''' ''m'' or f (genitive nautae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also ''nāvita''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ναύτης|tr=naútēs|t=sailor]], from [[grc|ναῦς|tr=naûs|t=ship]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary calls it a doublet of ⟨nāvita⟩.^(Wiktionary) Isidore derives it from ⟨nāvis⟩ “ship” and calls ⟨nāvita⟩ a poetic form.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Ennius, whom he dates 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a sailor, a seaman.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a sailor.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a sailor, an impressed member of a crew, and figuratively.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian and Spanish ''nauta'', and its Greek source is behind [[en|-naut]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|sailor]], seaman.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nautālis]]

+ * [[nauticus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nāvis]]

+ * [[en|nautical]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}