Naso(53 words)
[German version]
Widespread Roman cognomen (‘large-nosed’), which does not, however, occur in distinguished families of the Republican period; the family of some of its bearers cannot be determined. The most prominent figure to bear the name was the poet P. Ovidius Naso.
Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum)
Bibliography
1 Kajanto, Cognomina, 237
2 Walde/Hofmann 2, 146.
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Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum),
“Naso”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 16 April 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e817310>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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