assensus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsēnsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈsen.sus/, [äs̠ˈs̠ẽːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsen.sus/, [äsˈsɛnsus]

Etymology 1

Perfect participle of assentior

Participle

assēnsus (feminine assēnsa, neuter assēnsum); first/second-declension participle

1. agreed with
2. assented to
3. approved

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	assēnsus	assēnsa	assēnsum		assēnsī	assēnsae	assēnsa
genitive	assēnsī	assēnsae	assēnsī		assēnsōrum	assēnsārum	assēnsōrum
dative	assēnsō	assēnsae	assēnsō		assēnsīs
accusative	assēnsum	assēnsam	assēnsum		assēnsōs	assēnsās	assēnsa
ablative	assēnsō	assēnsā	assēnsō		assēnsīs
vocative	assēnse	assēnsa	assēnsum		assēnsī	assēnsae	assēnsa

Descendants

• Galician: asenso
• Italian: assenso
• Portuguese: assenso
• Spanish: asenso

Etymology 2

assentior +‎ -tus (forming action nouns)

Noun

assēnsus m (genitive assēnsūs); fourth declension

1. agreement, assent, approval
2. (poetic) echo

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	assēnsus	assēnsūs
genitive	assēnsūs	assēnsuum
dative	assēnsuī	assēnsibus
accusative	assēnsum	assēnsūs
ablative	assēnsū	assēnsibus
vocative	assēnsus	assēnsūs

References

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