bassus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), or from Oscan or Celtic.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbas.sus/, [ˈbas.sʊs]

Adjective

bassus (feminine bassa, neuter bassum); first/second declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative bassus bassa bassum bassī bassae bassa
genitive bassī bassae bassī bassōrum bassārum bassōrum
dative bassō bassō bassīs
accusative bassum bassam bassum bassōs bassās bassa
ablative bassō bassā bassō bassīs
vocative basse bassa bassum bassī bassae bassa

Descendants

References

  • bassus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • bassus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bassus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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