aselli
Dictionary entries
- Entry →asellus, aselli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
(small/young) ass, donkey; fish of the cod family, hake?; Asses/stars in Cancer;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...Melicae, haedus ex Ambracia, pelamys Chalcedonia, muraena Tartesia, aselli Pessinuntii, ostrea Tarenti, petunculus ..., helops Rhodius, scari Cilices, nuces..." - D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...paruis frons aerea lectis uile coronati caput ostendebat aselli, ad quod lasciui ludebant ruris alumni. [tales ergo cibi..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...fluuio mersare salubri. saepe oleo tardi costas agitator aselli uilibus aut onerat pomis, lapidemque reuertens incusum aut atrae..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...partem damnatur in unam induiturque aures lente gradientis aselli. ille quidem celare cupit turpique pudore tempora purpureis temptat..."