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nāsūtus , a, um, adj. nasus,
I.that has a large nose, large-nosed (perh. not anteAug.).
I. Lit.: “depygis, nasuta,” Hor. S. 1, 2, 93: “manus,” the elephant's trunk, Cassiod. Var. 10, 30.—
II. Trop., sagacious, witty, satirical, censorious: “nasutus nimium cupis videri: nasutum volo, nolo polyposum,” Mart. 12, 37, 1; id. 13, 2, 1: “nil nasutius est,” id. 2, 54, 5: “homo nasutissimus,” Sen. Suas. 7 med.—Hence, adv.: nāsūtē , satirically, scornfully, wittily, sarcastically: “tu qui nasute scripta destringis mea,” Phaedr. 4, 7, 1: “nasute negare,” Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 5 (dub.; al. vafre).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Horace, Satires, 1.2.93
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 5.6.5
    • Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae, 7
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