asinos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →asinus, asina, asinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
of/connected with an ass/donkey, ass's; stupid, asinine;
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →asinus, asini:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
ass, donkey; blockhead, fool, dolt;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...potest usura usurpari. neque ego homines magis asinos numquam vidi, ita plagis costae callent: quos quom ferias, tibi..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...imperio vivens volt senex uxorio. Itaque ob asinos relatum pretium Saureae Numerari iussit servolo Leonidae. Ad amicam..."Liber I
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...prato timidus pascebat senex.Is hostium clamore subito territussuadebat asino fugere, ne possent capi.At ille lentus 'Quaeso, num binas..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...facit esse venustum, et non pistrino traditur atque asino? quem siqua attingit, non illam posse putemus aegroti culum..."
