asotus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄσωτος (ásōtos, “abandoned, debauched, profligate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈsoː.tus/, [äˈs̠oːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈso.tus/, [äˈs̬ɔːt̪us]

Noun

asōtus m (genitive asōtī); second declension

1. A dissolute man, debauchee, rake, playboy.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	asōtus	asōtī
genitive	asōtī	asōtōrum
dative	asōtō	asōtīs
accusative	asōtum	asōtōs
ablative	asōtō	asōtīs
vocative	asōte	asōtī

Adjective

asōtus (feminine asōta, neuter asōtum); first/second-declension adjective

1. debauched, dissolute, profligate, spendthrift

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	asōtus	asōta	asōtum		asōtī	asōtae	asōta
genitive	asōtī	asōtae	asōtī		asōtōrum	asōtārum	asōtōrum
dative	asōtō	asōtae	asōtō		asōtīs
accusative	asōtum	asōtam	asōtum		asōtōs	asōtās	asōta
ablative	asōtō	asōtā	asōtō		asōtīs
vocative	asōte	asōta	asōtum		asōtī	asōtae	asōta

Related terms

• asōtia

References

• “asotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “asotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asotus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.