crew Copy link Outline I. A collection of persons (gen. in a bad sense)1. grex, grĕgis, m.2. glŏbus, mănusII. A ship's crew1. nautae (there appears to be no collective word)2. sŏcii nāvāles (a term often applied to marines)3. classĭci4. rēmĭges, rēmĭgium • crew: I. A collection of persons (gen. in a bad sense): 1. grex, grĕgis, m.: with a polluted c. of men, contaminato cum grege virorum, Hor. a c. of slaves, g. venalium, Pl: enrol him in your c., scribe tui gregis hunc, Hor. 2. glŏbus, mănus: v. band. II. A ship's crew: 1. nautae (there appears to be no collective word): the whole of a crew are comprised in the foll. "remiges ... nautas, gubernatores comparari jubet," Caes. B. G. 3, 9: the ship perished with all her c., *navis periit, una cum nautis: the ships and their crews were destroyed by fire, *naves nautasque ipsos idem consumpsit ignis. 2. sŏcii nāvāles (a term often applied to marines): a fleet well off for c.s, badly for fighting men, sociis n. instructa classis, inops milite, Liv. 3. classĭci: Curt. 4. rēmĭges, rēmĭgium: i. e. the rowers: q. v. (Classiarii is esp. used of soldiers fighting on shipboard: Nep.: Tac.)