I.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; Cic. 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. ναῦς; 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,” Cic. 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.
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.
