Asine

See also: asine and asiné

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσίνη (Asínē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.neː/, [ˈäs̠ɪneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.ne/, [ˈäːs̬ine]

Proper noun

Asinē f sg (genitive Asinēs); first declension

1. A town of Messenia situated on the western side of the Messenian gulf
2. A town of Argeia situated on the coast

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Asinē
Genitive	Asinēs
Dative	Asinae
Accusative	Asinēn
Ablative	Asinē
Vocative	Asinē
Locative	Asinae

Related terms

• Asinaeus

References

• “Asine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Asine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Asine”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly