Assus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sus/, [ˈäs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.sus/, [ˈäsːus]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄσσος (Ássos).

Proper noun

Assus f sg (genitive Assī); second declension

1. A city in Mysia situated on the gulf of Adramyttium

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Assus
genitive	Assī
dative	Assō
accusative	Assum
ablative	Assō
vocative	Asse
locative	Assī

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἄσσος (Ássos).

Proper noun

Assus m sg (genitive Assī); second declension

1. A river of Boeotia, flowing into the Cephisus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Assus
genitive	Assī
dative	Assō
accusative	Assum
ablative	Assō
vocative	Asse

References

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