ναυς
Lemma: ναῦς
noun
noun
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Added Mar 18, 2026
Definition
A ship, vessel (especially a seagoing ship). In later and metaphorical use, sometimes “the nave” of a temple, by analogy with the hull of a ship.
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Grammatical Analysis
"ναυς"
Case: nominative
Number: singular
Gender: feminine
Declension: 3rd declension (consonant-stem; irregular/heteroclite form of ναῦς)
Related Forms of ναῦς
4 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed: