nasus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nāsus (“the nose; the nozzle or spout”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ.zəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ.səs/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -eɪzəs, (General American) -eɪsəs

Noun

nasus (plural nasi)

1. (entomology) A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense.
2. (entomology) A prolongation on the front of the head of a cranefly.

Derived terms

• nasute (adjective)

Related terms

• nasus externus

References

• “nasus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “nasus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• SANUs, Ansus, unass, sauns, SUSAN, Susan, Nauss, NUSAS

Latin

Picture dictionary

nasus

calvāria

cerebrum

oculus

labium

nāsus

ōs

mentum

māxilla

auris

tempus

collum

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Alternative forms

• nāsum (pre-Classical)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nāssos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.sus/, [ˈnäːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.sus/, [ˈnäːs̬us]

Noun

nāsus m (genitive nāsī); second declension

1. (anatomy) The nose.
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmen 13 11-14:

     nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae,
     donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque,
     quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis,
     totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.

     for I will give you perfume, which to my girl
     Venuses and Cupids have given,
     which when you smell it, you will ask the gods,
     to make you, Fabullus, all nose

   Synonym: nāris

   1. The sense of smell.
2. (by extension) The projecting part of a vessel; the spout or nozzle.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nāsus	nāsī
genitive	nāsī	nāsōrum
dative	nāsō	nāsīs
accusative	nāsum	nāsōs
ablative	nāsō	nāsīs
vocative	nāse	nāsī

Derived terms

• nāsālis
• Nāsīca
• nāsīca
• Nasō
• nassiterna
• nāsūtē
• nāsūtus

 

Related terms

• nāris

Descendants

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Istro-Romanian: nås
  • Megleno-Romanian: nas
  • Romanian: nas
• Dalmatian:
  • nuos
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: nasu
  • Italian: naso
  • Neapolitan: naso
  • Sicilian: nasu
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: nasu
• North Italian:
  • Venetan: naxo
  • Gallo-Italian:
    • Ligurian: naso
    • Piedmontese: nas
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: nâs
  • Ladin: nès
  • Romansch: nas
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: nâs
  • Oïl:
    • French: nez, naseau
    • Walloon: nez
  • Oc:
    • Catalan: nas
    • Occitan: nas
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: naso
• → English: nasus

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “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
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nāris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400