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naris

nose; pL nostrils, nose

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Where it lives

Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
De Corona 5 · 10.28/10k
Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
De Medicina 68 · 6.63/10k
Saturae 3 · 6.63/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Georgicon 6 · 4.24/10k
De Rerum Natura 18 · 3.69/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 4 · 3.65/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Hamartigenia 2 · 3.13/10k

Densest 12 of 76 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. naris — de Vaan

naris 'nose; pL nostrils, nose' [f. i; pL nares, -ium] (PL+) Derivatives: nasus/m [m./n.] 'nose' (Naev.+), nasutus 'having a long nose; witty1 (Lucil.+), Naso 'Roman cognomen' (Ov.+). Pit. *nas- [f ], *nasi-, *naso- 'nose'. PIE *Hneh2-s-, *Hnh2-es-, *Hnh2-s- 'nose\ IE cognates: Skt. nas- [f.] 'nose' (nasa [nom.du.], nasos [gen.du.], nasi ° [loc.sg.]) , nasa- [f.] 'nose', nasika- [f] 'nose', — [de Vaan, s.v. naris, p. 414]

2. nāris — Lewis & Short

nāris, is, f.for nasis, from root na-; Sanscr. nārā, water; nāsā, nose; kindred to nasus; cf.: no, nāre,

I a nostril, usually in plur., nāres, ĭum, f., the nostrils, the nose.

I Lit.

(a) In sing. (poet. and in postclass. prose): et lati rictūs et panda loquenti Naris erat, Ov. M. 3, 675; 6, 141; 12, 253; id. A. A. 1, 520; Pers. 1, 33; Grat. Cyn. 172; Macer. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; App. M. 8, p. 213; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.—

(b) In plur.: nares, eo, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141: nares contractiores habent introitus, id. ib. 2, 57, 145: fasciculum ad nares admovere, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: mediis in naribus ingens gibbus, Juv. 6, 108: patulis captavit naribus auras, Verg. G. 1, 376.—

B The nose, as an organ expressive of sagacity, and also of scorn and anger: naribus ducere tura, to smell, Hor. C. 4, 1, 21: naribus labrisque non fere quicquam decenter ostendimus, tametsi derisus iis, contemptus, fastidium significari solet, nam et corrugare nares, ut Horatius ait ... indecorum est, etc., to turn up the nose, to sneer, Quint. 11, 3, 80: ne sordida mappa Corruget nares, cause you to turn up your nose, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22: omnis copia narium, sweet-smelling flowers, id. C. 2, 15, 6: de nare loqui, to speak through the nose, Pers. 1, 33: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, of a clean nose, i. e. of sharp perception, of fine powers of observation, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so, (Lucilius) emunctae naris, Hor. S. 1, 4, 8: acutae nares, id. ib. 1, 3, 30; and on the contrary: homo naris obesae, of a dull nose, id. Epod. 12, 3: naribus uti, to turn up the nose, i. e. to banter, ridicule, id. Ep. 1, 19, 45; cf.: rides et nimis uncis naribus indulges, Pers. 1, 41.—Of anger: Calpurni saevam legem Pisoni' reprendi, Eduxique animam in prioribu' naribus, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 32 (Sat. 20, 4): in naribus primoribus vix pertuli, Afran. ib. 33 (Com. Rel. v. 384 Rib.).—

II Transf., an opening, orifice, vent, air-hole, of a canal, etc.: inter duos parietes canalis ducatur, habens nares ad locum patentem, Vitr. 7, 4; 7, 10; Vop. Prob. 21; Pall. 9, 9.

3. näris — Walde–Hofmann

näris, -is f, meist (Neue-W. I* 667) Pl, nàrés, -&um (-um Chiron) „Nüster, Nasenloch; Nase“ (seit Enn,, rom., ebenso *närica, *náricula, *nürina ,Nasenloch*; näripützns Anth.):. aus *näsis (älter Kons.- St. *nüs wie ménsis, ndvis usw., ann II? 1, 131. 171, Leumann-Stolz* 232) — lit. nösis f. , Nase* sek. #-St.; apr. nozy ds., lett. násis F. PL , Nüstern, Nase"); ai. tdsa Nom. Du. „Nase“ („die beiden Nasenlócher?, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. näris, p. 1049]

In the wild

naribus Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 6.765
naribus Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.7.1
naribus Celsus, De Medicina 2.8.p22
naribus Vergil, Aeneid 7.281
naribus Celsus, De Medicina 7.10
naribus Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 7.3e.2

6 of 378 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. naris (scan p. 414; entry #1120). Root candidates: *nas-, *nasi-, *naso-.
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. näris (scan pp. 1049-1051; entry #1826). Root candidates: *näs-, *näsio-, *anas-.

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