bassus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), or from Oscan or Celtic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.sus/, [ˈbas.sʊs]

Adjective

bassus (feminine bassa, neuter bassum); first/second declension

1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	bassus	bassa	bassum		bassī	bassae	bassa
genitive	bassī	bassae	bassī		bassōrum	bassārum	bassōrum
dative	bassō		bassō		bassīs
accusative	bassum	bassam	bassum		bassōs	bassās	bassa
ablative	bassō	bassā	bassō		bassīs
vocative	basse	bassa	bassum		bassī	bassae	bassa

Descendants

• Aragonese: baxo
• Asturian: baxu
• Catalan: baix
• English: abase, bas relief, base, bass
• Extremaduran: bahu
• French: bas
• Friulian: bas
• Hungarian: basszus

• Italian: basso
• Occitan: bas, baish
• Old Portuguese: baixo
• Portuguese: baixo
• Romansh: bass, bas
• Sicilian: vasciu
• Spanish: bajo
• Venetian: baso, bas

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “bassus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• bassus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bassus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray