assultus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adsultus === Etymology === From assiliō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈsʊɫ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈsul.tus] === Noun === assultus m (genitive assultūs); fourth declension an assault Synonyms: incursio, impetus, invāsiō, aggressiō, impressiō, oppugnātiō, incursus, appetītus, occursio, petītiō, ictus, concursus, vīs, procella ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== assiliō ==== Descendants ==== Old French: assaut, asalt, asault → English: assault French: assaut Italian: assalto→ Spanish: asalto === References === “assultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "assultus", 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) “assultus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.