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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[ship]] (Il.; details on the inflection in Schwyzer 578, with Sommer <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 2, 142ff.).<br />Other forms: (ep. Ion. <b class="b3">νηῦς</b>), <b class="b3">νεώς</b> (<b class="b3">νηός</b>, <b class="b3">νεός</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">ναός</b>), <b class="b3">νηΐ</b> (<b class="b3">ναΐ</b>), <b class="b3">ναῦν</b> (<b class="b3">νῆα</b>, <b class="b3">νέα</b>), pl. <b class="b3">νῆες</b> (<b class="b3">νέες</b>, <b class="b3">να̃ες</b>), <b class="b3">νεῶν</b> (<b class="b3">νηῶν</b>, <b class="b3">ναῶν</b>), <b class="b3">ναυσί</b> (<b class="b3">νηυσί</b>, <b class="b3">νήεσσι</b>), <b class="b3">ναῦς</b> (<b class="b3">νῆας</b>, <b class="b3">νέας</b>).<br />Compounds: Several compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ναύ-αρχος</b> [[ship-commander]] (IA.), <b class="b3">νε-ώριον</b>, <b class="b3">νε-ωλκέω</b> (s. v.); with dat. pl., e.g. <b class="b3">ναυσί-κλυτος</b>, <b class="b3">-κλειτος</b> [[famous for his ship]] (ep. poet. Od.; Leumann Hom. Wörter 37), <b class="b3">ναυσί-πορος</b> (X., Arist.) = <b class="b3">ναύ-πορος</b> (A., A. R.) [[sailed by ships]]; as 2. member a.o. in <b class="b3">χιλιό-ναυς</b> [[consisting of thousand ships]] (E., Str.); amalgamation with <b class="b3">ία-</b>suffix e.g. (<b class="b3">πεντεκαι-</b>) <b class="b3">δεκα-να-ΐα</b> f. <b class="b2">fleet of fifteen\/ten ships</b> (Plb. resp. D.; Schulze Kl. Schr. 364). On <b class="b3">ναυ-αγός</b>, <b class="b3">ναύ-κληρος</b> s. v.<br />Derivatives: A. <b class="b3">νήϊος</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">νάϊος</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">νηΐτης</b> (<b class="b3">νῃ̃της</b>?; s. Redard 12 a. 43 w. n. a. lit.; Th., A. R.) <b class="b2">consisting of ships, belonging to the ship</b>. -- B. <b class="b3">ναύτης</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">-τας</b> (<b class="b3">ναύστης</b> pap. w. anal. <b class="b3">-σ-</b>; cf. Schwyzer 500) m. [[sailer]], [[ship-passenger]], (Il.) with several derivv: 1. f. <b class="b3">ναῦτις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> adjunct of <b class="b3">γυναῖκες</b> (Theopomp. Com.), <b class="b3">ναύτρια</b> (Ar.Fr.825; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 75; 2, 118); 2. <b class="b3">ναυτ-εία</b> f. [[shipping]] (hell. inscr. a. pap.), after <b class="b3">στρατεία</b> (: <b class="b3">στρατεύω</b>) a.o.; 3. <b class="b3">ναυτ-ία</b> (Arist., Aret.), Ion. <b class="b3">ναυσίη</b> (Semon.), [[seasickness]], [[disgust]] (Scheller Oxytonierung 41) with <b class="b3">ναυτι-ώδης</b> [[prone to seasickness]], [[sickening]] (medic., Plu.), <b class="b3">ναυτ-ιάω</b> [[be seasick]], [[be disgusted]] (Att.; <b class="b3">ναυτία</b> partly backformation), <b class="b3">-ιασμός</b> = <b class="b3">ναυτία</b> (Hippiatr.); 4. <b class="b3">ναυτ-ικός</b> [[consisting of seamen]], [[nautical]] also (referring to <b class="b3">ναῦς</b>) [[nautical]] (IA.; Chantraine Études 116ff.); 5. <b class="b3">ναυτ-ίλος</b> subst. m. a. adj. [[shipper]], [[seaman]], [[nautical]] (Hdt., trag.), also name of a mollusc, [[paper nautilus]], [[Argonauta argo]] (Arist.; Thompson Fishes s.v.; on the formation Schwyzer 484 f., Chantraine Form. 248 f.); <b class="b3">ναυτιλ-ία</b>, <b class="b3">-ίη</b> [[navigation]], [[sea-journey]] (θ 253; also connected with <b class="b3">ναυτίλλομαι</b>, Scheller Oxytonierung 35; cf. also Krarup Class. et Med. 10, 9), <b class="b3">ναυτίλλομαι</b> [[be sailor]], [[sail]] (Od.); 6. <b class="b3">Ναυτεύς</b> m. PN (θ 112 beside <b class="b3">πρυμνεύς</b>; Wackernagel KZ 24, 297 = Kl. Schr. 758, Bosshardt 94). -- C. On <b class="b3">ναῦλον</b> and <b class="b3">ναῦσθλον</b> s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [755] <b class="b2">*neh₂us</b> [[ship]]<br />Etymology: Old IE word for [[ship]], which is also found in Indo-Iran., Armen., Lat., Celt., Germ. and Illyr. The original inflection is in Greek as in Skt. and in Lat. largely preserved, e.g. <b class="b3">ναῦς</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">náuṣ</b>, IE <b class="b2">*neh₂u-s</b>; <b class="b3">νῆ(Ϝ)α</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">nā́vam</b> (with analog. <b class="b2">-m</b>), Lat. [[nāv-em]] (to which nom. [[nāvis]]), IE <b class="b2">*neh₂u̯-m̥</b>; <b class="b3">νῆ(Ϝ)ες</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">nā́vas</b>, IE <b class="b2">*neh₂u̯-es</b>, <b class="b3">νῆ(Ϝ)ας</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">nā́v-as</b>, IE <b class="b2">*neh₂u̯-n̥s</b> etc. -- Forms from other languages : Iran., e.g. NPers. [[nāv]], Arm. [[naw]] (iran. LW [loanword]?), Celt., e.g. OIr. [[nau]], Germ., e.g. OWNo. [[nōr]] m., Illyr. ON [[Nau-na]], [[Nau-portus]]. Details in Schwyzer 578, W.-Hofmann s. [[nāvis]], Mayrhofer s. <b class="b2">náuḥ</b>, Wackernagel -Debrunner III 217ff. On the laryngeals Szemerenyi KZ 73, 185ff. -- Lat. LW [loanword] [[nauta]], [[nausea]].