Assorus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Assōrum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄσσωρος (Ássōros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈsoː.rus/, [äs̠ˈs̠oːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈso.rus/, [äsˈsɔːrus]

Proper noun

Assōrus m sg (genitive Assōrī); second declension

1. A city in interior Sicily situated between Agyrium and Henna, now Assoro

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Assōrus
genitive	Assōrī
dative	Assōrō
accusative	Assōrum
ablative	Assōrō
vocative	Assōre
locative	Assōrī

Derived terms

• Assōrīnus

References

• “Assorus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Assorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.