asininus

asininus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin asinus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin asinīnus

    From asinus (“ass, donkey”) + -īnus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

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

    1. of or pertaining to asses or donkeys

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative asinīnus asinīna asinīnum asinīnī asinīnae asinīna
    genitive asinīnī asinīnae asinīnī asinīnōrum asinīnārum asinīnōrum
    dative asinīnō asinīnae 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.

    singular plural
    nominative asinīnus asinīnī
    genitive asinīnī asinīnōrum
    dative asinīnō asinīnīs
    accusative asinīnum asinīnōs
    ablative asinīnō asinīnīs
    vocative asinīne asinīnī

    Derived terms

    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.
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