"asellus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin asinus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin asellus From asinus + -lus (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|asinus|-lus<pos:diminutive suffix>|text=+|title=asellus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin asinus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin asellus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-lus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "asellus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="asellus"> From asinus + -lus (diminutive suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|asellus<2>}} asellus m (genitive asellī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|asellus<2>}} Forms: asellī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], asellus [nominative, singular], asellī [nominative, plural], asellī [genitive, singular], asellōrum [genitive, plural], asellō [dative, singular], asellīs [dative, plural], asellum [accusative, singular], asellōs [accusative, plural], asellō [ablative, singular], asellīs [ablative, plural], aselle [singular, vocative], asellī [plural, vocative]
  1. Small or young ass or donkey; diminutive of asinus Tags: declension-2, masculine Related terms: asinus

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "asello"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
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        ]
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        ]
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      "form": "asellīs",
      "links": [
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        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "asellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asellōs",
      "links": [
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          "asellōs",
          "asellos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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        ]
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    },
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      "form": "aselle",
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "asellus<2>"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Utque piger pandī tergō residēbat asellī.",
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        }
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          "asinus",
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        ]
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        "declension-2",
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  ],
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}
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "asello"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
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    },
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      ],
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          "asellī",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "asellus",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "asellī",
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        "genitive",
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          "asellōrum",
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          "asello#Latin"
        ]
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "asellīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "asellīs",
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        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asellum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "Latin nouns",
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        "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
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}

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