Aeronavis

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Latin-English

āĕrŏnāv|is, -is. (a.e.roˈna.vis) fem.

1. An aircraft; in particular, an airplane.

[aër + navis, probably by calque from modern Romance words for ‘aircraft’ such as French aéronef. || The Anglicized form aëronave is not in use.]

Adjective constructions

• aëronaves militares military aircraft
• aëronaves Russicae Russian planes
• aëronaves vectoriae cargo plane(s)
• aëronavis oneraria cargo plane(s)

Noun constructions

• aëronavis Israëlis Israeli aircraft
• aëronavis praesidis the president's airplane

Preposition constructions

• in aëronave; in aëronavi on an airplane

Verb constructions

• aëronavis labitur a plane lands
• aëronaves petunt planes fly into (once in the sense of crash into, and once of entering a region)
• aëronavi transvehi to be transported by plane