ascius

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄσκιος (áskios, without shadow).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ascius (feminine ascia, neuter ascium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to southern countries, near the equator.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

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