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Lewis Short
nānus | nāna, ae (noun M) : νάννος and νᾶνος (cf. Gell. 19, 13, 2 sq.); in vulg. lang.
* A dwarf (pure Lat. pumilio): interrogatum a quodam nano,Suet. Tib. 61; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41; Juv. 8, 32.
* In fem.: , , a female dwarf: nanos et nanas et moriones populo donavit,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34.
* Transf.
* A small horse, Helv. Cinn. ap. Gell. 19, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. § 4.
* A low, shallow water-vessel: vas aquarium vocant futim ... quo postea accessit nanus cum Graeco nomine, et cum Latino nomine, Graecā figurā barbatus,Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 176 ib.
* A dwarf (pure Lat. pumilio): interrogatum a quodam nano,Suet. Tib. 61; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41; Juv. 8, 32.
* In fem.: , , a female dwarf: nanos et nanas et moriones populo donavit,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34.
* Transf.
* A small horse, Helv. Cinn. ap. Gell. 19, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. § 4.
* A low, shallow water-vessel: vas aquarium vocant futim ... quo postea accessit nanus cum Graeco nomine, et cum Latino nomine, Graecā figurā barbatus,Varr. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 176 ib.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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