agaso
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈɡaː.soː/, [äˈɡäːs̠oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈɡa.so/, [äˈɡäːs̬o]
Noun
agāsō m (genitive agāsōnis); third declension
- A driver, especially one who drives and takes care of horses; groom, hostler, stable boy.
- (disrespectfully) A (low) servant, lackey.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | agāsō | agāsōnēs |
| Genitive | agāsōnis | agāsōnum |
| Dative | agāsōnī | agāsōnibus |
| Accusative | agāsōnem | agāsōnēs |
| Ablative | agāsōne | agāsōnibus |
| Vocative | agāsō | agāsōnēs |
Descendants
- Italian: agasone
- Sardinian: agasone, asone, basone, basoni, gasone
References
- “agaso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “agaso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- agaso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- agaso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “agaso”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “agaso”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin