nasus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nāsus (“the nose; the nozzle or spout”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.zəs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.səs/ Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -eɪzəs, (General American) -eɪsəs === Noun === nasus (plural nasi) (entomology) A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense. (entomology) A prolongation on the front of the head of a cranefly. ==== Derived terms ==== nasute (adjective) ==== Related terms ==== nasus externus === References === “nasus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “nasus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === SANUs, Ansus, unass, sauns, SUSAN, Susan, Nauss, NUSAS == Latin == === Alternative forms === nāsum (pre-classical) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *nāssos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.s̬us] === Noun === nāsus m (genitive nāsī); second declension (anatomy) The nose. Synonym: nāris The sense of smell. (by extension) The projecting part of a vessel; the spout or nozzle. ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nāris ==== Descendants ==== === References === “nasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "nasus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “nasus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “nasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “nasus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nāris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 400