assus

See also: Assus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *assos (“dried, roasted”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to dry”); see Ancient Greek ἄζω (ázō, “to dry”) for more on the root and its reconstruction.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sus/, [ˈäs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sus/, [ˈäsːus]

Adjective

assus (feminine assa, neuter assum); first/second-declension adjective

1. roasted, baked
2. dried, dry

   nūtrīx assa ― dry nurse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	assus	assa	assum		assī	assae	assa
genitive	assī	assae	assī		assōrum	assārum	assōrum
dative	assō	assae	assō		assīs
accusative	assum	assam	assum		assōs	assās	assa
ablative	assō	assā	assō		assīs
vocative	asse	assa	assum		assī	assae	assa

Derived terms

• assō

References

• “assus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “assus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• assus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “assus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “assus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly