noun

nāvĭa

gen. nāviae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

a ship;

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.—

a bark, boat, canoe; a trough by extension •

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.

Perseus ID: n30552 Key: navia