Asinius

== Latin == === Etymology === From asinus (“donkey, ass”) +‎ -ius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈsɪ.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈs̬iː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Asinius m sg (genitive Asiniī or Asinī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Gaius Asinius Pollio, a Roman poet and orator ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Asinia Asiniānus === Adjective === Asinius (feminine Asinia, neuter Asinium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the gens Asinia. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Asinius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Asinius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.