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nāvĭa

nāvĭa · f

a ship

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What it meant

nāvĭa — Lewis & Short

nāvĭa, ae, f.navis.

I A corruption of navis, a ship; in the proverb, aut caputa aut naviam for aut caput aut navim (v. caput), Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. R. 3; Paul. Nol. 38, 73; cf. Macr. S. 1, 7.—

II Transf., a bark, boat, canoe: harundinum fissa internodia, velut navia, binos et quaedam ternos etiam vehant, Mel. 3, 7.—Also, a trough: navia lignum cavatum ut navis, quo in vindemiis uti solent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169, 25 Müll.

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