navo

nāvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [navus], to do, perform, or accomplish a thing with zeal and diligence (class.):

nemo est tam afflictus, quin possit navare aliquid et efficere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 7: navare operam alicui, to come to one's assistance, to serve or assist one:

utinam potuissem tibi operam meam studiumque navare,

id. ib. 15, 12, 2:

operam rei publicae,

id. ib. 10, 25, 2; cf. id. Att. 1, 17, 4:

jam mihi videor navāsse operam, quod huc venerim,

to have succeeded in my endeavors, id. de Or. 2, 7, 26:

fortiter in acie navare operam,

to act vigorously, Liv. 7, 16; 28, 35:

navandae operae avidior,

Tac. A. 3, 42;

for which: opus navare,

Val. Fl. 3, 144:

quam vellem Bruto studium tuum navare potuisses!

to show, exhibit, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5; cf.:

si suffragandi studia non navant,

id. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18:

benevolentiam,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

bellum,

to prosecute vigorously, Tac. H. 3, 25:

flagitium,

to commit, perpetrate, id. ib. 4, 59:

rem publicam,

to serve the state, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 5 (dub.; B. and K. gubernare).—Hence, adv.: nā-vanter, with zeal, Cassiod. Var. 2, 23 al.