Naso

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See also: naso, naso-, and našo

Translingual[edit]

Naso unicornis
(bluespine unicornfish)

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun[edit]

Naso n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthuridae – unicornfishes.

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian Naso.

Proper noun[edit]

Naso (plural Nasos)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics[edit]

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Naso is the 31211st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 743 individuals. Naso is most common among White (91.92%) individuals.

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun[edit]

Naso m or f by sense

  1. a surname

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Proper noun[edit]

Nāsō m sg (genitive Nāsōnis); third declension

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

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nāsō
Genitive Nāsōnis
Dative Nāsōnī
Accusative Nāsōnem
Ablative Nāsōne
Vocative Nāsō

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References[edit]

  • Naso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Naso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.