[ˈnaː.sʊs], [ˈnaː.s̬us]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *nāssos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
- declension-2The 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 girl” — which when you smell it, you will ask the gods,
to make you, Fabullus, all nose
- declension-2The sense of smell.
- broadly, declension-2The projecting part of a vessel; the spout or nozzle.
Formaenāsus(canonical, masculine) · nāsī(genitive) · nāsus(nominative, singular) · nāsī(nominative, plural) · nāsī(genitive, singular) · nāsōrum(genitive, plural) · nāsō(dative, singular) · nāsīs(dative, plural) · nāsum(accusative, singular) · nāsōs(accusative, plural) · nāsō(ablative, singular) · nāsīs(ablative, plural) · nāse(singular, vocative) · nāsī(plural, vocative) · nāsum(alternative)