navis

nāvis, is ( 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; id. 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. [naus; 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,

id. 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.—

II.

Trop., of political affairs:

una navis est jam bonorum omnium,

Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 5:

navis rei publicae fluctuans in alto tempestatibus seditionum ac discordiarum,

id. Sest. 20, 46.