gnavus

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃wós, from *ǵneh₃- (“know”) (whence Latin gnōscō (“to know, recognize”)) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.wʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɲaː.vus]

gnāvus (feminine gnāva, neuter gnāvum, comparative gnāvior, superlative gnāvissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. alternative form of nāvus
   • 69 BCE, Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 7, 18:

     Deinde ex ceteris ordinibus homines gnavi atque industrii partim ipsi in Asia negotiantur...

     Thereafter a portion of active and industrious men from the rest of the orders are conducting business in Asia...

First/second-declension adjective.