nausia

Latin

Alternative forms

• nausea

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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.

Case	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)