Bassus

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Latin

Etymology

From bassus (“short, low”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.sus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.sus/,

Proper noun

Bassus m sg (genitive Bassī); second declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Aufidius Bassus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bassus
genitive	Bassī
dative	Bassō
accusative	Bassum
ablative	Bassō
vocative	Basse

References

“Bassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Bassus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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