navicula
From LSJ
πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
Latin > English
navicula naviculae N F :: small ship
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nāvĭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. id.,
I a small vessel, a boat, skiff: nos ad naviculas nostras descendimus, Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; Afran. ap. Non. 238, 25; Caes. B. C. 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 104 fin.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nāvĭcŭla,¹² æ, f., dim. de navis, petit bateau : Cic. Ac. 2, 148 ; Cæs. C. 3, 104.
Latin > German (Georges)
nāvicula, ae, f. (Demin. v. navis), ein kleines Schiff, Boot, Kahn, Caes., Cic. u.a.: parvula, Caes.: actuaria, Auct. b. Afr.
Latin > Chinese
navicula, ae. f. :: 小舟