Latin

nāsus (nose)

Alternative forms

• nāsum (pre-Classical)

Noun

nāsus m ‎(genitive nāsī); second declension

1. (anatomy) nose
2. sense of smell
3. (by extension) spout, nozzle

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (nose): nārēs

Derived terms

• nāsālis
• nāsūtē
• nāsūtus

Related terms

• nāris

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nasus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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