Nasica

See also: nasica

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin nāsīca (“large-nosed person”), from nasus (“nose”) + -ica (“-ic: forming adjectives”).

Proper noun

Nasica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Furnariidae.

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin

A Roman bust from the Scipio tombs, tentatively identified as P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum

Etymology

From nāsīca (“large-nosed person”)

Proper noun

Nāsīca f sg (genitive Nāsīcae); first declension

1. a cognomen of the Cornelii Scipiones of the gens Cornelia

   Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica

    

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nāsīca
Genitive	Nāsīcae
Dative	Nāsīcae
Accusative	Nāsīcam
Ablative	Nāsīcā
Vocative	Nāsīca

See also

• Scipio Nasica on the English Wikipedia

References

• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.