LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

nāsus

nāsus m (genitive nāsī)
Classical[ˈnaː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnaː.s̬us]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. The nose.
    nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae, donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque, quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum. for I will give you perfume, which to my girlwhich when you smell it, you will ask the gods, to make you, Fabullus, all nosec. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmen 13 11-14
  2. The sense of smell.
  3. broadlyThe projecting part of a vessel; the spout or nozzle.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pars faciēī quā odōrēs sentīmus; inter oculōs et ōs est.
nāsus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Nasus · Nares

Nasus is the exterior of the nose, as a prominent part of the face, like ῥίν; nares (ναρός) the interior of the nose, as the organ of smell, like μυκτῆρες. (vi. 231.).

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenāsusnāsī
genitivenāsīnāsōrum
dativenāsōnāsīs
accusativenāsumnāsōs
ablativenāsōnāsīs
vocativenāsenāsī

nāsus, i, m. (ante - class. nasum, i, n.: quīs oculi non sunt neque nasum, Lucil. ap. Non. 215, 4; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 288; id. Curc. 1, 2, 18; id. Men. 1, 2, 57; id. Mil. 4, 6, 41),
I. the nose (syn nares).
I. Lit.: nasus ita locatus est, ut quasi murus oculis interjectus esse videatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143: abripere alicui nasum mordicus, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 12: naso exhibere molestiam, id. Capt. 4, 2, 37: naso clamare magnum, to snore, id. Mil. 3, 2, 9: acutus, id. Capt. 3, 4, 115: collisus nasus, Sen. Ira, 3, 22, 4: pravus, Hor. A. P. 36: congelati gutta nasi, Mart. 11, 98, 7: madidique infantia nasi, Juv. 10, 199: exprimere rorantem frigore nasum, Mart. 7, 37, 3: ingeminant geminos naso crispante cachinnos, Pers. 3, 87: si tibi displicuit tuus nasus, Juv. 6, 495: vigilanti stertere naso, id. 1, 57.—
B. The nose, as the seat of quick smell; and also the feature whereby anger or scorn is expressed; cf. naris (poet.): rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant, non quia nasus Illis nullus erat, Hor. S. 2, 2, 89.—Of anger: disce sed ira cadat naso, rugosaque sanna, Pers. 5, 91; Mart. 6, 64, 28.—Of scorn, derision, satirical wit, satire, sarcasm: naso adunco aliquem suspendere, Hor. S. 1, 6, 5: Balatro suspendens omnia naso, id. ib. 2, 8, 64: Lucilius, qui primus condidit stili nasum, Plin. N. H. praef. § 8: non cuicumque datum est habere nasum, Mart. 1, 42, 18: tacito ridere naso, id. 5, 19, 17: juvenesque senesque et pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent, id. 1, 3, 6.—
II. Transf., the projecting part of a vessel, the nozzle or spout (cf. nassiterna): calix nasorum quatuor, Juv. 5, 46; cf. Mart. 14, 96.
Nāsus, i, v. Nasos.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *nāssos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalannas
  • Occitannas
  • Franco-Provençalnâs
  • Old Frenchnés
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniannasu
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniannas
  • Istro-Romaniannås
  • Megleno-Romaniannas
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiannaso
  • Corsicannasu
  • Dalmatiannuos
  • Istriotnas
  • Neapolitannaso
  • Siciliannasu
  • Venetannaxo
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishnaso
  • Aragonesenaso
Gallo-Italic
  • Emiliannèṡ
  • Liguriannaso
  • Lombardnas
  • Piedmontesenas
  • Romagnolnêş
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliannâs
  • Ladinnès
  • Romanshnas

In English words that came into English from nāsus

  • nasalnāsālis
  • nasalisnāsālis
  • nasutenāsūtus
  • nasusnāsus
  • narisnaris

Quick answers

What does nāsus mean in Latin?
nāsus, a noun, means “The nose.; The projecting part of a vessel; the spout or nozzle.”.
What is the genitive of nāsus?
The genitive singular is nāsī. nāsus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce nāsus?
In classical Latin, [ˈnaː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnaː.s̬us].
Which English words come from nāsus?
English words that go back to Latin nāsus include nasus, nasal, nasalis, nasute and naris.