nasus

Latin

nāsus (nose)

Alternative forms

• nāsum (pre-Classical)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s. Cognates include Sanskrit नासा ‎(nā́sā), Old Persian [script needed] ‎(nāh-), Old Church Slavonic носъ ‎(nosŭ) and Old English nosu (English nose).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.sus/, [ˈnaː.sʊs]

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Noun

nāsus m ‎(genitive nāsī); second declension

1. (anatomy) nose
2. sense of smell
3. (by extension) spout, nozzle

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nāsus	nāsī
genitive	nāsī	nāsōrum
dative	nāsō	nāsīs
accusative	nāsum	nāsōs
ablative	nāsō	nāsīs
vocative	nāse	nāsī

Synonyms

• (nose): nārēs

Derived terms

• nāsālis
• nāsūtē
• nāsūtus

Related terms

• nāris

Descendants

• Catalan: nas
• Corsican: nasu
• Dalmatian: nuos
• Franco-Provençal: nâs
• French: nez, naseau
• Friulian: nâs
• Istro-Romanian: nås
• Italian: naso
• Megleno-Romanian: nas

• Occitan: nas
• Romanian: nas
• Romansch: nas
• Sardinian: nasu
• Sicilian: nasu
• Spanish: naso
• Venetian: naxo
• Walloon: nez

References

• nasus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nasus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• NASUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, s.v. “nasus”.
• nasus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nasus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly