# naevus
## English
### Alternative forms

* nævus, nevus

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin naevus.

### Noun

naevus (plural naevi)
* (anatomy) A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin, whether congenital or acquired.

#### Synonyms

* birthmark
* longing mark
* mole
* mother's mark
* mother-spot
* naeve

#### Derived terms

* blue naevus
* melanocytic naevus
* naevogenesis
* naevoid
* naevus flammeus
* spider naevus

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Uveans, unsave

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin naevus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑeʋus/, [ˈnɑ̝e̞ʋus̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑeʋus
* Hyphenation: nae‧vus

### Noun

naevus
* nevus (benign tumor on skin)

#### Usage notes

This word is mainly known to and thus used by the medical professionals.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of naevus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
naevukseni
naevukseni
accusative
nom.
naevukseni
naevukseni
gen.
naevukseni
genitive
naevukseni
naevusteni naevuksieni
partitive
naevustani
naevuksiani
inessive
naevuksessani
naevuksissani
elative
naevuksestani
naevuksistani
illative
naevukseeni
naevuksiini
adessive
naevuksellani
naevuksillani
ablative
naevukseltani
naevuksiltani
allative
naevukselleni
naevuksilleni
essive
naevuksenani
naevuksinani
translative
naevuksekseni
naevuksikseni
abessive
naevuksettani
naevuksittani
instructive
comitative
—naevuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
naevuksesi
naevuksesi
accusative
nom.
naevuksesi
naevuksesi
gen.
naevuksesi
genitive
naevuksesi
naevustesi naevuksiesi
partitive
naevustasi
naevuksiasi
inessive
naevuksessasi
naevuksissasi
elative
naevuksestasi
naevuksistasi
illative
naevukseesi
naevuksiisi
adessive
naevuksellasi
naevuksillasi
ablative
naevukseltasi
naevuksiltasi
allative
naevuksellesi
naevuksillesi
essive
naevuksenasi
naevuksinasi
translative
naevukseksesi
naevuksiksesi
abessive
naevuksettasi
naevuksittasi
instructive
comitative
—naevuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
naevuksemme
naevuksemme
accusative
nom.
naevuksemme
naevuksemme
gen.
naevuksemme
genitive
naevuksemme
naevustemme naevuksiemme
partitive
naevustamme
naevuksiamme
inessive
naevuksessamme
naevuksissamme
elative
naevuksestamme
naevuksistamme
illative
naevukseemme
naevuksiimme
adessive
naevuksellamme
naevuksillamme
ablative
naevukseltamme
naevuksiltamme
allative
naevuksellemme
naevuksillemme
essive
naevuksenamme
naevuksinamme
translative
naevukseksemme
naevuksiksemme
abessive
naevuksettamme
naevuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—naevuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
naevuksenne
naevuksenne
accusative
nom.
naevuksenne
naevuksenne
gen.
naevuksenne
genitive
naevuksenne
naevustenne naevuksienne
partitive
naevustanne
naevuksianne
inessive
naevuksessanne
naevuksissanne
elative
naevuksestanne
naevuksistanne
illative
naevukseenne
naevuksiinne
adessive
naevuksellanne
naevuksillanne
ablative
naevukseltanne
naevuksiltanne
allative
naevuksellenne
naevuksillenne
essive
naevuksenanne
naevuksinanne
translative
naevukseksenne
naevuksiksenne
abessive
naevuksettanne
naevuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—naevuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
naevuksensa
naevuksensa
accusative
nom.
naevuksensa
naevuksensa
gen.
naevuksensa
genitive
naevuksensa
naevustensa naevuksiensa
partitive
naevustaan naevustansa
naevuksiaan naevuksiansa
inessive
naevuksessaan naevuksessansa
naevuksissaan naevuksissansa
elative
naevuksestaan naevuksestansa
naevuksistaan naevuksistansa
illative
naevukseensa
naevuksiinsa
adessive
naevuksellaan naevuksellansa
naevuksillaan naevuksillansa
ablative
naevukseltaan naevukseltansa
naevuksiltaan naevuksiltansa
allative
naevukselleen naevuksellensa
naevuksilleen naevuksillensa
essive
naevuksenaan naevuksenansa
naevuksinaan naevuksinansa
translative
naevuksekseen naevukseksensa
naevuksikseen naevuksiksensa
abessive
naevuksettaan naevuksettansa
naevuksittaan naevuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—naevuksineen naevuksinensa :

#### Synonyms

* luomi, syntymämerkki (common language terms)

### Anagrams

* suvena

## French
### Noun

naevus m (plural naevi)
* Alternative form of nævus

### Further reading

* “naevus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* gnaevus

### Etymology

For *gnaevus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁iwós (“native”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Probable doublet of Gnaeus.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnae̯.u̯us/, [ˈnäe̯u̯ʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈne.vus/, [ˈnɛːvus]

### Noun

naevus m (genitive naevī); second declension
* birthmark
* mole (on the body)

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* naevius, Naevius

#### Descendants

* Balkano-Romance:
** Romanian: neg
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: neo
** Sicilian: neu
* Gallo-Italic:
** Piedmontese: néo
* Borrowings:
** → Catalan: nevus
** → English: naevus, nevus
** → Italian: nevo
** → Portuguese: nevo
** → Romanian: nev
** → Sicilian: nivu
** → Spanish: nevus

### References

* “naevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “naevus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* naevus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.