naucŭla

ae, f.

navicula

I. a little ship, for navicula (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 37; 9, 7, 4; Paul. Carm. 21, 247; cf.: naucula, navicella, navicula, Not. Tir. p. 177.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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