See also: naso, naso-, and našo

Translingual edit

 
Naso unicornis
(bluespine unicornfish)

Etymology edit

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

Proper noun edit

Naso n

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

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian Naso.

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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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(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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Etymology edit

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

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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

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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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  • 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.