Asellius

== Latin == === Etymology === From asellus (“small or young donkey”) +‎ -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈsɛl.li.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈs̬ɛl.li.us] === Proper noun === Asellius m sg (genitive Aselliī or Asellī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Asellius Sabinus, a Roman writer ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Asellius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.