nassĭterna

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), the nose (syn nares).

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.—

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.—

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.