agaso

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈɡaː.soː/, [äˈɡäːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.so/, [äˈɡäːs̬o]

Noun

agāsō m (genitive agāsōnis); third declension

1. A driver, especially one who drives and takes care of horses; groom, hostler, stable boy.
2. (disrespectfully) A (low) servant, lackey.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agāsō	agāsōnēs
Genitive	agāsōnis	agāsōnum
Dative	agāsōnī	agāsōnibus
Accusative	agāsōnem	agāsōnēs
Ablative	agāsōne	agāsōnibus
Vocative	agāsō	agāsōnēs

Descendants

• Italian: agasone
• Sardinian: agasone, asone, basone, basoni, gasone

References

• “agaso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “agaso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• agaso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• agaso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “agaso”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “agaso”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin