adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
nāsūtus
nāsūtus (feminine nāsūta, neuter nāsūtum, adverb nāsūtē)
Classical[naːˈsuː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[naˈs̬uː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivebig-nosed; that has a large nose
- adjectivefigurativelysatirical, sagacious, witty
Nasutus sis usque licet, sis denique nasus, Quantum noluerat ferre rogatus Atlans, Et possis ipsum tu deridere Latinum: Non potes in nugas dicere plura meas,
You're allowed to be keen-nosed, or in a nutshell to be a nose, to the point Atlas himself, if asked, would be unwilling to carry you. You can even surpass Latinus [the pantomime] himself in wit, but you can't attack my trifles more than I have myself.38 CE – 104 CE, Martialis, 13 2Nos in Anglia nonnihil promovimus. […] Tu quoque, si sapis, huc advolabis. Quid ita te iuvat hominem tam nasutum inter merdas Gallicas consenescere? Sed retinet te tua podagra; ut ea te salvo pereat male.
We have made some progress in England. […] You, too, if you're wise, will fly your way here. What could please you, a man of such wit, about growing old in French shit? But your toe gout stops you; I hope that it dies a bad death and that you get better.1499, Erasmus, Letter to Faustus Andrelinus, lauded poet
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nāsūtus | nāsūta | nāsūtum |
| genitive | nāsūtī | nāsūtae | nāsūtī |
| dative | nāsūtō | nāsūtae | nāsūtō |
| accusative | nāsūtum | nāsūtam | nāsūtum |
| ablative | nāsūtō | nāsūtā | nāsūtō |
| vocative | nāsūte | nāsūta | nāsūtum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nāsūtī | nāsūtae | nāsūta |
| genitive | nāsūtōrum | nāsūtārum | nāsūtōrum |
| dative | nāsūtīs | nāsūtīs | nāsūtīs |
| accusative | nāsūtōs | nāsūtās | nāsūta |
| ablative | nāsūtīs | nāsūtīs | nāsūtīs |
| vocative | nāsūtī | nāsūtae | nāsūta |
nāsūtus, a, um, adj. nasus,
I. that has a large nose, large-nosed (perh. not anteAug.).
II. Trop., sagacious, witty, satirical, censorious:
nasutus nimium cupis videri: nasutum volo, nolo polyposum, Mart. 12, 37, 1; id. 13, 2, 1: nil nasutius est, id. 2, 54, 5: homo nasutissimus, Sen. Suas. 7 med.—Hence, adv.: nāsūtē, satirically, scornfully, wittily, sarcastically: tu qui nasute scripta destringis mea, Phaedr. 4, 7, 1: nasute negare, Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 5 (dub.; al. vafre).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nāsūtus adj.
nasus, with a large nose, largenosed , H.— Sarcastic, scornful : scripta, nasute, distringis mea, Ph.
Origins
From nāsus (“nose”) + -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Found in Post-Augustan writers.
Descendants
- Italiannasuto
- Romaniannăsut
- Translingualnasutus