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Danish
Noun
asser n
- indefinite plural of as
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”), the same root of assis, axis.
Pronunciation
Noun
asser m (genitive asseris); third declension
- beam, pole, stake, plank, particularly the poles supporting a lectica, a Roman litter
- (Medieval Latin) shaft, arrows
c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:Garba asseris constat ex triginta peciis.- The sheaf of arrows is formed from thirty pieces.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “asser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “asser”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- asser in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “asser”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “asser”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin