asellus
See also: Asellus
Latin
Etymology
From asinus + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Noun
asellus m (genitive asellī); second declension
- Small or young ass or donkey; diminutive of asinus
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.749:
- Utque piger pandī tergō residēbat asellī.
- And as he was sitting lazily upon the back of his sagging little donkey
(See Silenus.)
- And as he was sitting lazily upon the back of his sagging little donkey
- Utque piger pandī tergō residēbat asellī.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | asellus | asellī |
Genitive | asellī | asellōrum |
Dative | asellō | asellīs |
Accusative | asellum | asellōs |
Ablative | asellō | asellīs |
Vocative | aselle | asellī |
Related terms
- asinus
Descendants
- → Old Irish: asal (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Slavic: *osьlъ (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *asil (see there for further descendants)
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 (asilus)
References
- “asellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “asellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- asellus 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)
- asellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “asellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray