Bassus

See also: bassus

Latin

Etymology

From bassus (“short, low”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.sus/, [ˈbäs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.sus/, [ˈbäsːus]

Proper noun

Bassus m sg (genitive Bassī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Aufidius Bassus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bassus
genitive	Bassī
dative	Bassō
accusative	Bassum
ablative	Bassō
vocative	Basse

References

• “Bassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bassus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.