asellus

Latin

Etymology

From asinus +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

asellus m (genitive asellī); second declension

  1. Small or young ass or donkey

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative asellus asellī
genitive asellī asellōrum
dative asellō asellīs
accusative asellum asellōs
ablative asellō asellīs
vocative aselle asellī

Descendants

  • Proto-Germanic: *asiluz (borrowing)
    • Proto-Slavic: *osьlъ (borrowing)
  • Old Irish: asal (borrowing)

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, 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
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