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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσίνη (Asínē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Asinē f sg (genitive Asinēs); first declension
- A town of Messenia situated on the western side of the Messenian gulf
- A town of Argeia situated on the coast
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
References
- “Asine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Asine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Asine”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly