naval Copy link Outline 1. nāvālis, e2. mărĭtĭmus (similar to nauticus • naval: 1. nāvālis, e: land or n. engagements, pedestres, n.ve pugnae., Cic. Sen. 5: a n. crown, corona n., Virg. Aen. 8, 684: Caes. (N.B.--Navalis refers to ships as connected with war; nauticus to the nautical art generally: cf. nautical.) 2. mărĭtĭmus (similar to nauticus: v. supr.): n. affairs, res maritimae (= nauticae), Caes. B. G. 4, 23: v. maritime. Phr.: he was a consummate n. and land commander, imperator fuit summus mari et terra, Nep. Alc. 1: to carry on n. expeditions, rem gerere navibus, Hor. Od. 1, 6, 3: this was chiefly a n. war, *hoc bellum mari magis quam terra gestum est; magis navalibus quam terrestribus copiis pugnatum est: to be a great n. power, late mare tenere, classe maritimisque rebus valere, Cic. Man. 18, 54.