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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄσσος (Ássos).
Proper noun
Assus f sg (genitive Assī); second declension
- a city in Mysia situated on the gulf of Adramyttium
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Ἄσσος (Ássos).
Proper noun
Assus m sg (genitive Assī); second declension
- A river of Boeotia, flowing into the Cephisus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Assus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Assus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly