Assus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄσσος (Ássos).

Proper noun

Assus f sg (genitive Assī); second declension

  1. a city in Mysia situated on the gulf of Adramyttium
Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Assus
genitive Assī
dative Assō
accusative Assum
ablative Assō
vocative Asse
locative Assī

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἄσσος (Ássos).

Proper noun

Assus m sg (genitive Assī); second declension

  1. 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