I.a vessel, a ship, bark, boat.
I. Lit. (class.): “navigia facere,” Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 152: “navigium dissolutum, vel potius dissipatum,” id. Att. 15, 11, 3: “probum navigium,” id. Ac. 2, 31, 100: “luculentum,” id. Att. 16, 4, 4: “in eodem velut navigio participem esse periculi,” Liv. 44, 22: “Deucalion navigio montem ascendit,” Juv. 1, 82.—
II. Transf.
A. A float, raft (post-class.), Dig. 43, 12, 1, § 14.—
B. A sailing, navigation (ante- and post-class.): “in omnes navigii dies,” Dig. 45, 1, 122; ib. 43, 12, 1 med (but not Lucr. 5, 1006; v. Lachm. and Munro ad loc.).
