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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *assos (“dried, roasted”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to dry”); see Ancient Greek ἄζω (ázō, “to dry”) for more on the root and its reconstruction.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
assus (feminine assa, neuter assum); first/second-declension adjective
- roasted, baked
- dried, dry
- nūtrīx assa ― dry nurse
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “assus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “assus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- assus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “assus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “assus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 58-9