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nanus

nanus · m

a dwarf

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Where it lives

Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Noctes Atticae 5 · 0.45/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

1. nānus — Lewis & Short

nānus, i, m., = na/nnos and na=nos (cf.

Gell. 19, 13, 2 sq.); in vulg. lang.,

I a dwarf (pure Lat. pumilio): interrogatum a quodam nano, Suet. Tib. 61; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41; Juv. 8, 32.—

B In fem.: nāna, ae, a female dwarf: nanos et nanas et moriones populo donavit, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34.—

II Transf.

A A small horse, Helv. Cinn. ap. Gell. 19, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. § 4.—

B A low, shallow water-vessel: vas aquarium vocant futim ... quo postea accessit nanus cum Graeco nomine, et cum Latino nomine, Graecā figurā barbatus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 176 ib.

2. nänus — Walde–Hofmann

nänus, + m. „Zwerg; Zwergpferd, Pony; niedriges, flaches Wassergefäß* (Paul. Fest. 176 nänum Graeci vds aquärium dicun humilem] et concaeum, quod. eulgó vocant. situlum barbätum, und näni pümiiónes appellantur; seit Laber., Varro, Cinna, rom.; näna -ae f. „weiblicher Zwerg“ Ser. hist, Aug.): aus gr. vävog (nee, vdvvos ds. (dies als Kinderwort zu vévvoc, vdvvoc „Onkel“? [Prellwitz* 305, Schrader RL. I3 708]. — gnänus … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. nänus, p. 1048]

In the wild

nanis Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 19.13.5
nanus Propertius, Elegiae 4.8.41
nanos Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 19.13.2
nanus Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.6.96
nanum Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 16.7.10
nano Suetonius, Tiberius 61.6

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nanus (scan p. 453; entry #7266).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. nänus (scan p. 1048; entry #1821).

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