nassa

See also: Nassa

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nassa

Noun

nassa f (plural nasse)

  1. creel, trap for fish

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Old Latin nasta, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). See also Proto-Germanic *natją (English net).

Pronunciation

Noun

nassa f (genitive nassae); first declension

  1. a narrow-necked basket for catching fish, weel
  2. (figuratively) a snare, net

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nassa nassae
Genitive nassae nassārum
Dative nassae nassīs
Accusative nassam nassās
Ablative nassā nassīs
Vocative nassa nassae

Descendants

References
  • nassa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nassa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nassa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • nassa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • nassa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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