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Latin
Etymology
Coined by Plautus, from dē + nāsus + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēnāsō (present infinitive dēnāsāre, perfect active dēnāsāvī, supine dēnāsātum); first conjugation
- (hapax, humorous) to remove the nose from someone's face
c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE,
Plautus,
Captivi 604:
- Tynd. Namque edepol si adbītēs propius, ōs dēnāsābit tibi mordicus.
- Truly, by Pollux, if you come closer, he will bite your nose off your face (*denasate your face).
Conjugation
References
- “denaso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- denaso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- denaso in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung