asinus

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin acinus (“grape, grape-stone”); the histopathologic sense comes figuratively from the fancied resemblance (on microscopy) of acinic cells (acinar cells) to bunches of drupelets, berries, or grapes. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈsinus/ [aˈsi.nʊs] Rhymes: -inus Syllabification: a‧si‧nus === Noun === asinus (uncountable) acinus: (anatomy) one of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. === Further reading === “asinus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Unknown; perhaps borrowed from a substrate language in Asia Minor. Compare Luwian [script needed] (tarkasna) and Sumerian 𒀲 (anše). The lack of rhotacism of the intervocalic /s/ (which would have yielded the form *arinus) suggests that the word must have been borrowed after the 4th century BCE, when this phonetic shift became unproductive. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.sɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.s̬i.nus] === Noun === asinus m (genitive asinī); second declension donkey, ass (figuratively, humorous, derogatory) ass, cretin, idiot, dolt, blockhead, donkey (a slow-witted, inept person) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== iūmentum (esp. used to pull carts) onager, onagrus (the wild ass) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Adjective === asinus (feminine asina, neuter asinum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) ass, donkey stupid, asinine ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === === Further reading === “asinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “asinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "asinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “asinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.