1. nāsus — Lewis & Short
nāsus, i, m. (ante - class. nasum, i, n.: quīs oculi non sunt neque nasum, Lucil. ap.
Non. 215, 4; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 288; id. Curc. 1, 2, 18; id. Men. 1, 2, 57; id. Mil. 4, 6, 41),I the nose (syn nares).
I Lit.:
nasus ita locatus est, ut quasi murus oculis interjectus esse videatur,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143:
abripere alicui nasum mordicus,Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 12:
naso exhibere molestiam,id. Capt. 4, 2, 37:
naso clamare magnum,to snore, id. Mil. 3, 2, 9:
acutus,id. Capt. 3, 4, 115:
collisus nasus,Sen. Ira, 3, 22, 4:
pravus,Hor. A. P. 36:
congelati gutta nasi,Mart. 11, 98, 7:
madidique infantia nasi,Juv. 10, 199:
exprimere rorantem frigore nasum,Mart. 7, 37, 3:
ingeminant geminos naso crispante cachinnos,Pers. 3, 87:
si tibi displicuit tuus nasus,Juv. 6, 495:
vigilanti stertere naso,id. 1, 57.—
B The nose, as the seat of quick smell; and also the feature whereby anger or scorn is expressed; cf. naris (poet.):
rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant, non quia nasus Illis nullus erat,Hor. S. 2, 2, 89.—Of anger:
disce sed ira cadat naso, rugosaque sanna,Pers. 5, 91; Mart. 6, 64, 28.—Of scorn, derision, satirical wit, satire, sarcasm:
naso adunco aliquem suspendere,Hor. S. 1, 6, 5:
Balatro suspendens omnia naso,id. ib. 2, 8, 64:
Lucilius, qui primus condidit stili nasum, Plin. N. H. praef. § 8: non cuicumque datum est habere nasum,Mart. 1, 42, 18:
tacito ridere naso,id. 5, 19, 17:
juvenesque senesque et pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent,id. 1, 3, 6.—
II Transf., the projecting part of a vessel, the nozzle or spout (cf. nassiterna):
calix nasorum quatuor,Juv. 5, 46; cf. Mart. 14, 96.