asininus

Latin

Etymology

From asinus (“ass, donkey”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.siˈniː.nus/, [äs̠ɪˈniːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.siˈni.nus/, [äs̬iˈniːnus]

Adjective

asinīnus (feminine asinīna, neuter asinīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to asses or donkeys

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	asinīnus	asinīna	asinīnum		asinīnī	asinīnae	asinīna
Genitive	asinīnī	asinīnae	asinīnī		asinīnōrum	asinīnārum	asinīnōrum
Dative	asinīnō		asinīnō		asinīnīs
Accusative	asinīnum	asinīnam	asinīnum		asinīnōs	asinīnās	asinīna
Ablative	asinīnō	asinīnā	asinīnō		asinīnīs
Vocative	asinīne	asinīna	asinīnum		asinīnī	asinīnae	asinīna

Descendants

• Catalan: asiní
• English: asinine
• French: asinin
• Galician: asinino
• Italian: asinino
• Portuguese: asinino
• Spanish: asinino

Noun

asinīnus m (genitive asinīnī); second declension

1. A young ass.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asinīnus	asinīnī
Genitive	asinīnī	asinīnōrum
Dative	asinīnō	asinīnīs
Accusative	asinīnum	asinīnōs
Ablative	asinīnō	asinīnīs
Vocative	asinīne	asinīnī

Derived terms

• assella / assellus
• asinus

References

• “asininus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asininus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.