nasus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nāsus (“the nose; the nozzle or spout”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.zəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.səs/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -eɪzəs, (General American) -eɪsəs
Noun edit
nasus (plural nasi)
- (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.
- (entomology) A prolongation on the front of the head of a cranefly.
Derived terms edit
- nasute (adjective)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “nasus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “nasus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *nāssos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.sus/, [ˈnäːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.sus/, [ˈnäːs̬us]
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Noun edit
nāsus m (genitive nāsī); second declension
- (anatomy) The nose.
- Synonym: nāris
- The sense of smell.
- (by extension) The projecting part of a vessel; the spout or nozzle.
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nāsus | nāsī |
| Genitive | nāsī | nāsōrum |
| Dative | nāsō | nāsīs |
| Accusative | nāsum | nāsōs |
| Ablative | nāsō | nāsīs |
| Vocative | nāse | nāsī |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Descendants of nasus in other languages
- Catalan: nas
- Corsican: nasu
- Dalmatian: nuos
- → English: nasus
- Franco-Provençal: nâs
- French: nez, naseau
- Friulian: nâs
- Istro-Romanian: nås
- Italian: naso
- Megleno-Romanian: nas
- Occitan: nas
- Piedmontese: nas
- Romanian: nas
- Romansch: nas
- Sardinian: nasu
- Sicilian: nasu
- Spanish: naso
- Venetian: naxo
- Walloon: nez
References edit
- “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