narix

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Latin

Etymology

From a reinterpretation of *nārīcae pl as nārīcem sg, these being homophones. Attested in the ninth-century manuscript quoted below (where, being in a glossary, it may represent recycled older material).

Noun

nārīx f (genitive nārīcis); third declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. nostril
    • “Nar” in Excerpta ex codice Cassinensi 402[1]
      Nar generis neutrius nomen est fluuii nam de naso hęc naris huius naris dicitur plurali hęc narices
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative nārīx nārīcēs
genitive nārīcis nārīcum
dative nārīcī nārīcibus
accusative nārīcem nārīcēs
ablative nārīce nārīcibus
vocative nārīx nārīcēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: narice
    • Sicilian: narici
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Gustav Löwe (1894) Corpus glossariorum Latinorum (in Latin), volume V, page 573