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nāvis , is (
I.acc. sing. usually navem, Charis. 101 P.; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57; Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 174; Caes. B. C. 3, 39, 2 et saep.; “but navim,Cic. Att. 7, 22, 1; Sall. J. 25, 5; Hor. C. 1, 32, 8; id. Ep. 2, 1, 114; Prop. 2 (3), 22, 41; Ov. M. 11, 663; 14, 218; Liv. 24, 34, 11; 40, 4, 11; Pers. 5, 141; Juv. 6, 98; Lact. 2, 7, 12 al.; abl. navi, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 73; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 7; Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 159 et saep.; “but nave,id. Inv. 2, 42, 124; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 64; id. Fam. 10, 31, 1; 14, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 12; Cat. 64, 84; Verg. A. 5, 188; 487; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 200; Prop. 1, 8, 6; Ov. H. 13, 99; Liv. 5, 28, 2 et saep.; cf. Charis. p. 33 P.; Diom. 1, p. 283 P.; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 200 sq.; 216 sq.), f. ναῦς; Sanscr. nau, the same, a ship (syn.: navigium).
I. Lit.: “navis longa,a ship of war, Liv. 24, 36: “oneraria,a transport, id. 24, 40: “mercatoria,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 2; “praedatoria,id. Men. 2, 3, 87: “praetoria,the admiral's ship, id. 29, 25: “tecta,id. 22, 21; “or, constrata,having a deck, decked, id. 35, 46: “aperta,open, without a deck, id. 32, 21: auri navem evertat gubernator, an paleae, laden with gold or chaff, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: “navem construere,id. Sen. 20, 72: “triremis instar aedificata,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44: “navem adornare,Caes. B. C. 1, 26: “armare,id. B. G. 5, 1: “reficere,id. ib. 4, 31: “fabricari,Tac. A. 14, 29: “deducere,to launch, Caes. B. G. 5, 23: “deducere in aquam,Liv. 28, 17: “moliri ab terrā,id. 28, 7: “ex portu educere,Caes. B. C. 1, 57: “subducere,id. B. G. 5, 11: “subducere in aridum,id. ib. 4, 29: “agere,to work a ship, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 114: “mercibus implere,Juv. 14, 288: “solvere,to set sail, Caes. B. C. 3, 6; so, “naves leni vento solverunt,id. B. G. 4, 28: “mea Hodie solutast navis,Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 16: “navem appellere ad aliquem locum,to land, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3: “applicare terrae,Liv. 28, 17: “appellere litori,Curt. 4, 2, 24: “navem fregit,was shipwrecked, cast away, Ter. And. 1, 3, 17: “in portu evertere,Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 174: “impingere,Quint. 4, 1, 61: “deprimere,Tac. H. 4, 79: “gubernare et salvam in portu collocare,Cic. Pis. 9, 20: “remis incitare,Caes. B. G. 4, 25: “in navibus vehi,Cic. N. D. 3, 37, 89: “e navi egredi,id. Vatin. 5, 12: “lassus sum hercle e navi,from my voyage, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 173: “navis cursum suum tenens,Cic. Planc. 39, 94: “navem statuere,to heave to, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 57: “navium tutela,the image of a deity placed on the stern of the vessel, under whose protection the ship was placed, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 1; cf. id. H. 16, 112; Val. Fl. 1, 301. The proper badge of a vessel, after which it was named, was placed on the prow: Aeneia puppis Prima tenet rostro Phrygios subjuncta leones. Verg. A. 10, 157; cf. id. ib. 5, 116 sq.: “TRIREME MARTE, Inscr. Mur. 780, 5.—Prov.: navibus atque quadrigis petere aliquid,” i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 28; cf. Juv. 9, 131: navem perforare quā ipse quis naviget, i. e. to do one's self an injury, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47: navem mortuo applicare, to rescue a drowned man from the water, i. e. to bring assistance when too late, Quint. Decl. 12, 23.—
B. Transf.
1. = pudenda muliebria, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 51; id. Rud. 2, 3, 24; Macr. S. 2, 5.—
2. Navis Argolica, or simply Navis, the ship Argo, placed among the constellations, Cic. Arat. 277.—
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