naris Latin · revision 31326

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *Hneh₂-s-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈnaː.rɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnaː.ris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nāris''' ''f'' (genitive nāris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is usually plural, ''nārēs'', ''nārium''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*nās-|t=nose]], [[inh|ine-pro|*Hneh₂-s-|t=nose]], made an i-stem in Latin beside the o-stem [[m|la|nāsus|t=nose]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) the ⟨r⟩ is from ⟨s⟩ between vowels.^(Wiktionary) De Vaan notes that the word was often used in the dual, “the nostrils”.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|नासा|tr=nā́sā|t=the nose, nostrils]] and [[lt|nósis|t=nose]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “a winey breeze touched my nostrils” in the ''Cistellaria'';^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler gives Ennius, who has a beast that scents game with its keen nose.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the singular, mostly in poets, it is the nose, and in the plural the nostrils or nose, as Ennius' horses breathing out light from raised nostrils.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is the nose as the organ of smell, and as the seat of discernment: Horace's Lucilius is ''ēmūnctae nāris'', “of keen nose”, that is, sharp-witted.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is the nose that shows scorn or anger, as Persius' snarling dog's letter that sounds from the nose.^(OLD 2012) In the plural it is also a vent or opening, as in Vitruvius.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a winey breeze in the nostrils.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of horses' nostrils and a keen nose.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of vents in a channel.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a keen nose for faults.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(plural)'' The [[m|en|nostril|alt=nostrils]], nose;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(singular)'' the nose, a nostril.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The nose as the organ of smell.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The nose as a sign of discernment;^(OLD 2012) ''ēmūnctae nāris'', sharp-witted.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The nose as showing [[m|en|scorn]] or anger.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(plural)'' Openings, vents.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nārinōsus]]

+ * [[nāriputēns]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nāsus]]

+ * [[nāsūtē]]

+ * [[nāsūtus]]

+ * [[en|nose]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''nāsus'', the outside of the nose as part of the face, from ''nārēs'', its inside as the organ of smell.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}