Latin

Noun

asellus m ‎(genitive asellī); second declension

1. Small or young ass or donkey

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• asinus

Descendants

• Proto-Germanic: *asiluz (borrowing)
  • Proto-Slavic: *osьlъ (borrowing)

References

• asellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asellus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ASELLUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “asellus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• asellus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray