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1. Nār, Nāris, m., = Νάρ, a river of Italy, which rises in the Apennines, flows through a part of the Sabine territory and Umbria, and joins the Tiber, now Nera: Nar amnis exhaurit illos (Velinos lacus) sulphureis aquis, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 109; cf.: Solporeas posuit spiramina Naris ad undas, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 691 P. (Ann. v. 265 Vahl.); and: audiit amnis Sulfureā Nar albus aquā fontesque Velini, Verg. A. 7, 517; cf. Aus. Idyll. 12 de deis; Ov. M. 14, 330: quod Lacus Velinus in Narem defluit, Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5: Nare ac mox Tiberi devectus, Tac. A. 3, 9.

nāris, is, f. [for nasis, from root na-; Sanscr. nārā, water; nāsā, nose; kindred to nasus; cf.: no, nāre], a nostril, usually in plur., nāres, ĭum, f., the nostrils, the nose.

  1. I. Lit.
          1. (α) In sing. (poet. and in postclass. prose): et lati rictūs et panda loquenti Naris erat, Ov. M. 3, 675; 6, 141; 12, 253; id. A. A. 1, 520; Pers. 1, 33; Grat. Cyn. 172; Macer. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; App. M. 8, p. 213; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 13.
          2. (β) In plur.: nares, eo, quod omnis odor ad supera fertur, recte sursum sunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141: nares contractiores habent introitus, id. ib. 2, 57, 145: fasciculum ad nares admovere, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: mediis in naribus ingens gibbus, Juv. 6, 108: patulis captavit naribus auras, Verg. G. 1, 376.
    1. B. The nose, as an organ expressive of sagacity, and also of scorn and anger: naribus ducere tura, to smell, Hor. C. 4, 1, 21: naribus labrisque non fere quicquam decenter ostendimus, tametsi derisus iis, contemptus, fastidium significari solet, nam et corrugare nares, ut Horatius ait … indecorum est, etc., to turn up the nose, to sneer, Quint. 11, 3, 80: ne sordida mappa Corruget nares, cause you to turn up your nose, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22: omnis copia narium, sweet-smelling flowers, id. C. 2, 15, 6: de nare loqui, to speak through the nose, Pers. 1, 33: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, of a clean nose, i. e. of sharp perception, of fine powers of observation, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so, (Lucilius) emunctae naris, Hor. S. 1, 4, 8: acutae nares, id. ib. 1, 3, 30; and on the contrary: homo naris obesae, of a dull nose, id. Epod. 12, 3: naribus uti, to turn up the nose, i. e. to banter, ridicule, id. Ep. 1, 19, 45; cf.: rides et nimis uncis naribus indulges, Pers. 1, 41.
      Of anger: Calpurni saevam legem Pisoni’ reprendi, Eduxique animam in prioribu’ naribus, Lucil. ap. Non. 427, 32 (Sat. 20, 4): in naribus primoribus vix pertuli, Afran. ib. 33 (Com. Rel. v. 384 Rib.).
  2. II. Transf., an opening, orifice, vent, air-hole, of a canal, etc.: inter duos parietes canalis ducatur, habens nares ad locum patentem, Vitr. 7, 4; 7, 10; Vop. Prob. 21; Pall. 9, 9.