asilus
See also: Asilus
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
asilus
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈsiː.lus/, [äˈs̠iːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈsi.lus/, [äˈs̬iːlus]
Noun edit
asīlus m (genitive asīlī); second declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- (gadfly, horsefly): tabānus
Descendants edit
References edit
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], 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