nānus
i, m.
I.
a dwarf (pure Lat. pumilio): interrogatum a quodam nano, Suet. Tib. 61; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41; Juv. 8, 32.—
B.
In fem.: nāna, ae, a female dwarf: nanos et nanas et moriones populo donavit, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34.—
II.
Transf.
A.
A small horse, Helv. Cinn. ap. Gell. 19, 13, 5; cf. id. ib. § 4.—
B.
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.