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proper noun · masculinethird declension

Nāsō

Nāsō m sg (genitive Nāsōnis)
Classical[ˈnaː.soː]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaː.s̬o]

Meaning

  1. a cognomen used by the gentes Actoria and Ovidia
  2. Publius Ovidius Naso

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeNāsō—
genitiveNāsōnis—
dativeNāsōnī—
accusativeNāsōnem—
ablativeNāsōne—
vocativeNāsō—

Nāso, ōnis, m.
I. amplif. [nasus, largenosed], a Roman family name in the Otacilian, Octavian, Ovidian, and Voconian gentes. So esp., P. Ovidius Naso, the poet: ingenio perii Naso poëta meo, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 74.

Origins

From nāsus (“nose”) + -ō (person-characterizing suffix). The original meaning is "the large-nosed one".

Descendants
  • TranslingualNaso

Quick answers

What does Nāsō mean in Latin?
Nāsō, a proper noun, means “a cognomen used by the gentes Actoria and Ovidia”.
What is the genitive of Nāsō?
The genitive singular is Nāsōnis. Nāsō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Nāsō?
In classical Latin, [ˈnaː.soː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnaː.s̬o].