nauclerus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναύκληρος (naúklēros). Compare Arabic نَاخُوذَاة (nāḵūḏāh) of the same idea.

Noun

nauclērus m (genitive nauclērī); second declension

  1. shipmaster, shipowner, skipper

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative nauclērus nauclērī
genitive nauclērī nauclērōrum
dative nauclērō nauclērīs
accusative nauclērum nauclērōs
ablative nauclērō nauclērīs
vocative nauclēre nauclērī

Descendants

  • Italian: nocchiero

References

  • nauclerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nauclerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.