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Headword:
Νάβα
Adler number: nu,2
Translated headword: nava, boat
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Amongst Romans [sc. this is the name for] the ferry-boat.[1] In many instances the Roman word appears to differ little from the Greek: for naus and naba [are] similar.
Greek Original:Νάβα: παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις τὸ πορθμεῖον. φαίνεται δὲ ἐν πολλοῖς μὴ διεστῶσα τῆς Ἑλλάδος φωνῆς ἡ Ῥωμαϊκή: ναῦς γὰρ καὶ νάβα ἐγγύς.
Notes:
In fact, Latin
navis and Greek
ναῦς derive from the same Indo-European root.
Entry not paralleled in other lexica.
[1]
pi 2070.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 6 July 2001@17:31:59.
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