Latin

Noun

nānus m ‎(genitive nanī); second declension

1. dwarf
2. (by extension) small horse

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• pūmilus

Related terms

• nāna

Descendants

• English: nano-
• French: nain
• Italian: nano
• Portuguese: anão
• Spanish: enano

References

• nanus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nanus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nanus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.