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nassa

nassa

fish-trap made of wickerwork

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1. nassa — de Vaan

nassa 'fish-trap made of wickerwork' [f. a] (PL+) Pit. *nasso-. PIE *nHd-to- 'tied, knotted'. IE cognates: Olr. nascaid*, MBret. naska 'to bind' < PCI. *nad-sk-, Olr. nassae 'bound' < *nad-to-, Go. nati, OHG nezzi, OE, OIc. net 'neV<*nad-i-.k If the root etymology given here is correct, Skt. nahya- "to tie together' must be explained differently. However, it is disputed which forms belong together. If Lat. nodus is … — [de Vaan, s.v. nassa, p. 415]

2. nassa — Lewis & Short

nassa or naxa, ae, f.no,

I a wickerbasket with a narrow neck, for catching fish, a weel.
I Lit.: nassa est piscatorii vasi genus, quo, cum intravit piscis, exire non potest, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.; Sil. 5, 47; Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 132: junci usus ad nassas marinas, id. 21, 18, 59, § 114: scarus inclusus nassis, id. 32, 2, 5, § 11: instrumento piscatoris legato, et retia et nassae ... debentur. Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 66.—
II Trop., of a dangerous place, a snare, net: numquam ex istā nassā escam petam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 98: ex hac naxā exire constitui, non ad fugam, sed ad spem mortis melioris, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2: inclusus carcere nassae (aeger), Juv. 12, 123.

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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. nassa (scan pp. 415-416; entry #1124). Root candidates: *nasso-, *nati-, *nad-.
  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nassa (scan p. 454; entry #7303).

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