nausia

Latin

Alternative forms

• nausea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “seasickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.si.a/, [ˈnäu̯s̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.si.a/, [ˈnäːu̯siä]

Noun

nausia f (genitive nausiae); first declension

1. nausea
2. seasickness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nausia	nausiae
genitive	nausiae	nausiārum
dative	nausiae	nausiīs
accusative	nausiam	nausiās
ablative	nausiā	nausiīs
vocative	nausia	nausiae

Descendants

• Catalan: nàusea
• English: nausea, noise (possibly)
• French: nausée, noise (possibly)
• Galician: náusea
• Italian: nausea
• Old Occitan: nauza (possibly)
• Portuguese: náusea
• Spanish: náusea

References

• nausia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)