nasus Latin · revision 31950

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *Hneh₂-s-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nāsus''' ''m'' (genitive nāsī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Early Latin also has a neuter ''nasum'', in Plautus and Lucilius.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ The spelling ''nassus'' is also found.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*nāso-|t=nose]], an o-stem made beside the i-stem [[m|la|nāris|t=nostril]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the stem to [[ine-pro|*Hneh₂-s-|t=nose]], a word often used in the dual for the nostrils; the unrhotacized /s/ is hard to explain and may come from another social layer of the language.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|नासा|tr=nā́sā|t=nose]], [[lt|nósis|t=nose]], [[goh|nasa|t=nose]] and [[ang|nosu|t=nose]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Naevius,^(Köbler 2010) who wishes that someone had bitten off a man's nose.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the nose, and as the organ of smell already in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Turning up the nose expresses scorn, as in Horace's “you hang the unknown on a hooked nose”.^(OLD 2012) From this it means sharp, critical wit, as Seneca the Elder's ''nasus Atticus'' and in Martial.^(OLD 2012) Juvenal uses it for the spout or lip of a cup.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Medieval British texts also use it in physiognomy and figuratively for discernment.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of a nose bitten off.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of the nose as the organ of smell.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of the nose turned up in scorn.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal of a cup with four spouts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|nose]]; the sense of smell.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' Scorn, expressed by the nose.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Sharp, critical [[m|en|wit]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # The [[m|en|spout]] or lip of a vessel.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nāsālis]]

+ * [[nāsīca]]

+ * [[nassiterna]]

+ * [[nāsūtē]]

+ * [[nāsūtus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nāris]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes ''nasus'', the outside of the nose as a feature of the face, from ''[[naris|alt=nārēs]]'', the inside as the organ of smell.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}