asinata

Italian

Etymology

From asino (“donkey, ass”) +‎ -ata.

Noun

asinata f (plural asinate)

1. stupidity (foolish action or remark)

Anagrams

• anatasi

Latin

Etymology

Formed from asinus (“ass, donkey”) +‎ -āta (suffix forming nouns), perhaps as a calque of Old French asnée, whence French ânée.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.siˈnaː.ta/, [äs̠ɪˈnäːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.siˈna.ta/, [äs̬iˈnäːt̪ä]

Noun

asināta f (genitive asinātae); first declension
(Medieval Latin [1132])

1. a donkey’s burden, a load as great as an ass can carry
   1. a unit of capacity for grains and wine, of varying definition, ranging from six to nine bichets (with the bichet itself lacking a universally fixed definition)

      Synonym: azina (Mediaeval, rare)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	asināta	asinātae
genitive	asinātae	asinātārum
dative	asinātae	asinātīs
accusative	asinātam	asinātās
ablative	asinātā	asinātīs
vocative	asināta	asinātae

Further reading

• asinata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)