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Latin
Etymology
The political opponents of Cn. Cornelius Scipio Asina attributed this perjorative agnomen (from asina, “she-ass”) to him after his humiliating defeat and capture by the naval forces of the Carthaginian hypostrategos Boödes at the Battle of Lipara in 260 B.C.E..
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Asina m sg (genitive Asinae); first declension
- a Roman agnomen applied to two members of gēns Cornēlia:
- Cn. Cornelius Scipio Asina (3rd century B.C.E.), Roman general who fought in the First Punic War, consul in 260 and 254, father of P. Cornelius Scipio Asina
- P. Cornelius Scipio Asina (c. 260–p. 211 B.C.E.), Roman general who campaigned against the Histri, consul in 221 and interrex 216, son of Cn. Cornelius Scipio Asina
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Further reading
- “ăsĭna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 2 Asĭna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 171/2.