asilus
Gothic
Romanization
asilus
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃
Latin
Etymology
Unknown, but likely a borrowing given initial as-; ar- or ās- (< ass- or ats-) would be expected from an inherited word.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈsiː.lus/, [äˈs̠iːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈsi.lus/, [äˈs̬iːlus]
Noun
asīlus m (genitive asīlī); second declension
Declension
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
- (gadfly, horsefly): tabānus
Descendants
- Italian: assillo
References
- 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