asellis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →asella, asellae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
small/little she-ass;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...Melicae, haedus ex Ambracia, pelamys Chalcedonia, muraena Tartesia, aselli Pessinuntii, ostrea Tarenti, petunculus ..., helops Rhodius, scari Cilices, nuces..."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..."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..."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..."