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navus

navus · adj

busy, diligent, assiduous, active

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Where it lives

De Bello Alexandrino 29 · 27.82/10k
Chabrias 1 · 20.45/10k
De Bello Africo 23 · 17.68/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 7 · 11.56/10k
Hannibal 2 · 9.78/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 14 · 8.55/10k
Rudens 9 · 7.59/10k
Stichus 4 · 6.44/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 8 · 6.33/10k
Themistocles 1 · 5.84/10k
Satyricon 17 · 5.59/10k
Epistulae 5 · 5.05/10k

Densest 12 of 105 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

nāvus — Lewis & Short

nāvus (gnāvus), a, um, adj.Sanscr. gnā, know; Gr. gignw/skw; cf. Lat. notus, gnarus; for signif. cf. Germ. kennen and können,

I busy, diligent, assiduous, active (syn.: impiger, industrius, sedulus; class.): navus repertus homo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 183 Vahl.): homo gnavus et industrius, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53; id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18: aratores, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120: filius, id. ib. 2, 3, 69. § 161: vir gnavus, agilis, providus, Vell. 2, 105, 2: rudimenta, Sil. 1, 549: timor, that renders industrious, id. 7, 349.—Comp.: in inquirendis gnaviores quam in componendis, Amm. 26, 4, 4: hostium naviores, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 1, 41.—Hence, adv., in two forms. *

A nāvē (gnāvē), diligently, actively, zealously (ante-class.): nave agere oportet quod agas, non ductarier, Plaut. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.; Sall. J. 77, 3.—

B nāvĭter (gnāvĭter; class.).

1 Diligently, actively, zealously: bene naviter ire, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.: naviter versari in provinciā, Gell. 15, 4, 3: pugnare, Liv. 10, 39: expedire, id. 24, 23: bellum gerere, id. 30, 4. —

2 Transf., in gen., wholly, completely: bene et naviter impudens, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3: plenum, Lucr. 1, 525.

In the wild

nave Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.35.26.9
navumque Horace, Epistulae 1.18.90
navis Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.24.1.9
navis Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 18.5
navis Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Alexandrino 47
navis Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Africo 23

6 of 533 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nauus (scan p. 456; entry #7340).

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