See also: naso, naso-, and našo

Translingual

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Naso unicornis
(bluespine unicornfish)

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Naso n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthuridae – unicornfishes.

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian Naso.

Proper noun

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Naso (plural Nasos)

  1. A surname from Italian.

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Naso is the 31211st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 743 individuals. Naso is most common among White (91.92%) individuals.

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Italian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Naso m or f by sense

  1. a surname

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Latin

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Etymology

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From nāsus (nose) +‎ (person-characterizing suffix). The original meaning is "the large-nosed one".

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Proper noun

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Nāsō m sg (genitive Nāsōnis); third declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gentes Actoria and Ovidia
    1. Publius Ovidius Naso

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nāsō
Genitive Nāsōnis
Dative Nāsōnī
Accusative Nāsōnem
Ablative Nāsōne
Vocative Nāsō

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References

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  • Naso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Naso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.