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
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...potest usura usurpari. neque ego homines magis asinos numquam vidi, ita plagis costae callent: quos quom ferias, tibi..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...imperio vivens volt senex uxorio. Itaque ob asinos relatum pretium Saureae Numerari iussit servolo Leonidae. Ad amicam..." - G
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..." - G
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..."
