nāvĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [navis], a small vessel, a boat, skiff: nos ad naviculas nostras descendimus, Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; Afran. ap. Non. 238, 25; Caes. B. C. 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 104 fin.