The corpus record — Latin

nassiterna

nassiterna · f

a large watering-pot with a large nose

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Where it lives

Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
De agri cultura 2 · 1.28/10k
Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k

What it meant

1. nassĭterna — Lewis & Short

nassĭterna (nāsĭt-), ae, f.nasus,

I a large watering-pot with a large nose or spout: nassiterna est genus vasi aquarii ansati et patentis, quale est quo equi perfundi solent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 11; Varr. ap. Non. 546, 7; Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 28.

2. nassiterna — Walde–Hofmann

nassiterna (nds- Gl, Lindsay-Nohl 127), -ae f. „Gießkanne“ (Fest. 169 genus väsı aguüri Unsäfi et patentis, quäle est quo equi perfundi solent; seit Plaut., nasiternátus, -a, -um [mnas- trad,] Fulg.). etr. Herkunft ist für das Suffix sicher (vgl cist-, füst-, lanterna: Ernout BSL. 30, 94), für das ganze Wort (aus *nastrna o. dgl.?) nicht ausgeschlossen (Safarewicz Rhot. 46 unter Hinweis auf mna- für na) bei Fulg., … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. nassiterna, p. 1051]

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Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nassiterna (scan p. 454; entry #7305).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. nassiterna (scan p. 1051; entry #1827).

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