Nerva

Definition: Nerva

Nerva

Noun

1. Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98).

Date "Nerva" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

"Nerva" is a common misspelling or typo for: nerve, nerved, nerves, nervy.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
NERVA	English	Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Marcus Cocceius Nerva, (AD 35 - 98) Roman emperor (AD 96 - 98), was a member of the Italian nobility rather than one of the elite of Rome, like Vespasian the founder of the Flavian dynasty. He was born in the Etruscan town of Narnia, to the north of Rome, on November 8, 35. He was the last emperor who was Italian both by family and by birth. Nerva had not pursued the usual administrative career, although he had been consul with Vespasian in 71 and with Domitian in 90.

After Domitian's assassination in 96 following his reign of terror, Nerva proceeded to set a new tone. Elevated to emperor on September 18, 96, he released those imprisoned for treason, banned future prosecutions for treason, restored much confiscated property, and involved the Senate in his rule.

Nerva may have been approached by the conspirators against Domitian because he was elderly (61) and childless. He adopted Trajan, already a commander of the armies on the German frontier, in the face of rising difficulties in administering the empire.

Preceded by:
Domitian (81 - 96)

Roman emperors

Followed by:
Trajan (98 - 117)

NERVA is also an acronym for Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application, part of a NASA project to produce a nuclear thermal rocket engine. See spacecraft propulsion.

Synonym: Nerva

Synonym: Marcus Cocceius Nerva (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (nuclear energy & physics).

Crosswords: Nerva

English words defined with "Nerva": Marcus Cocceius Nerva, Marcus Ulpius Traianus ♦ Trajan. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Nerva" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (blood, nerves), Esperanto (nervous), Faeroese (concern, obsess).

Domain	Title
Books	Lives of the Later Caesars: The First Part of the Augustan History: With Newly Compiled Lives of Nerva and Trajan. Tr and Introd by Anthony Birley. 3 (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Drawing of a NERVA Engine.Credit: NASA.
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"Nerva" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nerva" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	3	202,518

Expression using "Nerva": Marcus Cocceius Nerva. Additional references.
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Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	nervicis. (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "Nerva": nervate, nervation, nervations. (additional references)
	Words containing "Nerva": denervate, denervated, denervates, denervating, denervation, denervations, enervate, enervated, enervates, enervating, enervation, enervations, hyperinnervation, hyperinnervations, innervate, innervated, innervates, innervating, innervation, innervations, reinnervate, reinnervated, reinnervates, reinnervating, reinnervation, reinnervations. (additional references)
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: raven.
	Words within the letters "a-e-n-r-v"
	-1 letter: aver, earn, nave, near, rave, vane, vena, vera.
	-2 letters: ane, are, ave, ear, era, ern, nae, ran, rev, van, var.
	-3 letters: ae, an, ar, en, er, na, ne, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-n-r-v"
	+1 letter: carven, cavern, craven, graven, naiver, ravens, ravine, tavern, vainer, vanner, vernal.
	+2 letters: avenger, caverns, cravens, engrave, invader, klavern, knavery, nervate, overman, overran, parvenu, ravelin, ravened, ravener, ravined, ravines, reaving, servant, taverna, taverns, unravel, vanners, varment, vaunter, ventral, venular, veranda, verbena, verdant, vermian, versant, vervain, veteran, vinegar.
	+3 letters: advancer, antevert, avengers, averment, averring, aversion, averting, bevatron, canvaser, caverned, conferva, cravened, cravenly, czarevna, endeavor, enervate, engraved, engraver, engraves, enravish, enslaver, everyman, gravamen, grievant, handover, hangover, havering, interval, invaders, klaverns, lavender, levanter, maneuver, mangrove, navicert, novercal, ovenware, overhand, overhang, overlain, overland, overmans, overmany, overnear, overneat, overplan, overrank, paravane, parvenue, parvenus, raveling, ravelins, raveners, ravening, ravenous, reinvade, relevant, renovate, repaving, reshaven, revanche, revenant, revenual, servants, tavernas, taverner, tsarevna, tzarevna, unravels, unvaried, valerian, vanisher, variance, varments, vaunters, venerate, venereal, venogram, ventrals, verandah, verandas, veratrin, verbenas, verdancy, vernacle, vernally, veronica, versants, verseman, vervains, veterans, vibrance, vicenary, vinegars, vinegary, vineyard, vinifera, vintager, wavering.
	+4 letters: advancers, adventure, advertent, adverting, anteverts, averaging, averments, aversions, avirulent, beavering, bereaving, bevatrons, breakeven, canvasers, canvasser, caravaned, caravaner, carnivore, caverning, cavernous, clavering, confervae, confervas, cravening, czarevnas, davenport, denervate, depraving, endeavors, endeavour, enervated, enervates, engravers, engraving, enslavers, grapevine, gravamens, graveling, graveness, grievance, grievants, handovers, hangovers, incurvate, innervate, intervale, intervals, invertase, knaveries, laveering, lavenders, levanters, liveryman, maneuvers, mangroves, manoeuvre, marveling, narrative, navicerts, nervation, nonverbal, normative, observant, ovenwares, overawing, overclean, overdrank, overdrawn, overeaten, overhands, overhangs, overladen, overlands, overlearn, overplans, overplant, overtaken, overtrain, paravanes, parvenues, pervading, pervasion, prevalent, quavering, ravelings, ravelling, ravelment, ravenings, reavowing, reengrave, reinvaded, reinvades, relevance, relevancy, renovated, renovates, renovator, reshaving, revaluing, revamping, revanches, revealing, revenants, revertant, reweaving, riverbank, scavenger, severance, slavering, supernova, taverners, tervalent, traveling, trivalent, tsarevnas, tzarevnas, unaverage, universal, unraveled, unrivaled, valerians, vanishers, variances, varnished, varnisher, varnishes, venerable, venerably, venerated, venerates, venerator, venireman, venograms, ventrally, verandaed, verandahs, veratrine, veratrins, verdantly, vernacles, vernalize, vernation, veronicas, versional, vestryman, vibrances, vinegared, vineyards, viniferas, vintagers, vulnerary.
	+5 letters: adenoviral, adenovirus, adventured, adventurer, adventures, advertence, advertency, aggrieving, animadvert, anteverted, aventurine, averseness, breakevens, cadaverine, cantilever, canvassers, caravaners, caravanned, caravanner, caregiving, carnivores, cavalrymen, changeover, contravene, conversant, covariance, covenanter, covenantor, cravenness, crevassing, davenports, denervated, denervates, derivation, drawknives, drivetrain, endeavored, endeavours, enervating, enervation, engravings, enravished, enravishes, everywoman, galvanizer, generative, governable, governance, grapevines, gravelling, gravestone, grievances, harvesting, harvestman, harvestmen, heavenlier, heavenward, incurvated, incurvates, indurative, innervated, innervates, interleave, intervales, interweave, invariable, invariance, invertases, inveteracy, inveterate, invigorate, irrelevant, lavendered, leveraging, maneuvered, maneuverer, manoeuvred, manoeuvres, manservant, margravine, marvelling, mavourneen, narratives, nervations, nonveteran, observance, observants, overacting, overaction, overbaking, overbeaten, overcleans, overdaring, overeating, overexpand, overhanded, overhandle, overhating, overlading, overlaying, overlearns, overmanage, overmanned, overmantel, overpaying, overplants, overrating, oversaving, overstrain, overtaking, overtaxing, overtrains, palavering, papaverine, pervasions, prevailing, prevalence, prevalents, provenance, purveyance, ravagement, ravellings, ravelments, ravenously, ravishment, reavailing, reengraved, reengraves, reinvading, reinvasion, rejuvenate, relevances, relevantly, renovating, renovation, renovative, renovators, revanchism, revanchist, revealment, revelation, revertants, revocation, riverbanks, ruminative, savoriness, scavengers, serviceman, severances, sovranties, starveling, supernovae, supernovas, survivance, transitive, transvalue, transverse, travelling, traversing, travertine, unapproved, uncreative, undervalue, unfavorite, univariate, universals, unprovable, unraveling, unravelled, unravished, unrevealed, unrivalled, untraveled, unwavering, vacationer, vagrancies, vanitories, vanquisher, varnishers, vegetarian, velarizing, venerating, veneration, venerators, venography, ventilator, verandahed, veratrines, verdancies, vernacular, vernalized, vernalizes, vernations, vernissage, veterinary, vibrancies, vibraphone, vicariance, vinegarish, vivandiere, vociferant, vulcanizer, vulnerable, vulnerably, waveringly.
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