Nasica

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Translingual

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Etymology

From Latin nāsīca (“large-nosed person”), from nasus (“nose”) + -ica (“-ic: forming adjectives”).

Proper noun

Nasica f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Furnariidae.

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin

A Roman bust from the Scipio tombs, tentatively identified as P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum

Etymology

From nāsīca (“large-nosed person”)

Proper noun

Nāsīca m sg (genitive Nāsīcae); first declension

  1. a cognomen of the Cornelii Scipiones of the gens Cornelia
    Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica
     

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Nāsīca
genitive Nāsīcae
dative Nāsīcae
accusative Nāsīcam
ablative Nāsīcā
vocative Nāsīca

See also

References

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