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NASO is the cognomen or family name of Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 B.C.-A.D. 17.

The name appears three times in medial positions, for metrical reasons, LGW 724, 928, 2220. The poet's clan name, Ovidius, in its OF variant, Ovide, appears more frequently. [Ovide]


From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.

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