asilus
See also: Asilus
Gothic
Romanization
asilus
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃
Latin
Etymology
Unknown. De Vaan (2008) considers it a borrowing given the initial as- instead of a rhotacised ar- or a regularly degeminated ās- following a long vowel (< *āss-/āts-). However, the present form would in fact be a regular outcome of *ass-ī/ei-los under the "mamilla-rule", as also in pusillus, ofella. Compare asinus, likewise of obscure origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈsiː.lus/, [äˈs̠iːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈsi.lus/, [äˈs̬iːlus]
Noun
asīlus m (genitive asīlī); second declension
- gadfly, horsefly
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | asīlus | asīlī |
| Genitive | asīlī | asīlōrum |
| Dative | asīlō | asīlīs |
| Accusative | asīlum | asīlōs |
| Ablative | asīlō | asīlīs |
| Vocative | asīle | asīlī |
Synonyms
- (gadfly, horsefly): tabānus
Descendants
- Italian: assillo
- Sicilian: siḍḍu
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- “asilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “asilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “asilus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers