assyr

Latin

Alternative forms

• ascer, aser, assir

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aser, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Only attested in Festus. The form assyr seems to be corrupted.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.syr/, [ˈäs̠ːʏr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sir/, [ˈäsːir]

Noun

assyr n (genitive assyris); third declension

1. (Old Latin) blood

   Synonym: sanguis

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	assyr
Genitive	assyris
Dative	assyrī
Accusative	assyr
Ablative	assyre
Vocative	assyr

Derived terms

• saniēs
• assarātum

References

• assyr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “assarātum” in volume 2, column 848, line 7 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present