assus

See also: Assus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *assos (“dried, roasted”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to dry”); see Ancient Greek ἄζω (ázō, “to dry”) for more on the root and its reconstruction.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

assus (feminine assa, neuter assum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. roasted, baked
  2. dried, dry
    nūtrīx assa ― dry nurse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative assus assa assum assī assae assa
Genitive assī assae assī assōrum assārum assōrum
Dative assō assō assīs
Accusative assum assam assum assōs assās assa
Ablative assō assā assō assīs
Vocative asse assa assum assī assae assa

Derived terms

References
  • “assus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “assus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • assus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “assus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “assus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 58-9
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